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2013 Map of Providence

Name: 2013 Topographic Map of Providence
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2013
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2013

About this map

Providence stands as a focal point in this portion of Adams County, situated amidst the dramatic geography of the Channeled Scablands. The landscape is defined by its coulees—deep, dry canyons carved by prehistoric floods—most notably Lind Coulee in the northeast and the intersection of Providence Coulee and Cunningham Coulee to the south.

A network of rural roads, including W Providence Rd and S Damon Rd, follows the section lines of the Public Land Survey System, illustrating the orderly division of the high desert plateau. These routes, such as E Phillips Rd and S Nielson Ave, serve the outlying agricultural lands that surround the central coulee formations, marking the persistent human footprint in this arid Washington interior.