2004 Map of Pole Butte

About this map

Fremont National Forest dominates this section of Lake County, where high-elevation water management and timber resources are the primary features. The Puddle Spring Guard Station serves as a key administrative marker in the northern reaches, while the south is defined by the Sycan River National Wild and Scenic River. The landscape is punctuated by volcanic features like Pole Butte and Timber Fall Butte, including a Cinder Pit that indicates local industrial use of the volcanic materials. A complex network of springs, such as Picture Tree Springs, Box Spring, and Chocktoot Spring, feeds the local watershed, including Emigrant Lake and the various forks of Chocktoot Creek. This terrain reflects the intersection of federal forest management and the preservation of the Sycan River corridor at the start of the twenty-first century.