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1982 Map of Rawhide Pocket

Name: 1982 Topographic Map of Rawhide Pocket
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1983
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1983

About this map

Toppin Creek Canyon and the high desert plateaus of Malheur County define this landscape during the early 1980s. The map illustrates a highly managed water system designed for livestock and land use in an arid environment, characterized by numerous small catchment basins such as Manydraw Reservoir, Pack Rat Reservoir, and Boundary Fence Reservoir. These features, alongside named locations like Rawhide Pocket and Bull Flat, suggest a terrain shaped by ranching operations and seasonal grazing patterns.

Water management is the dominant human imprint here, with Toppin Creek and Little Spring Creek feeding into isolated infrastructure like the Little Spring Creek Reservoir. The presence of the Dry Lake and the Bull Flat Lake bed emphasizes the ephemeral nature of surface water in this region. This survey serves as a precise record of these high-desert improvements before modern digital mapping, capturing specific landmarks like Toppin Butte and Harvey Cracker Reservoir that are central to local land history and resource management.