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2017 Map of Rice

Name: 2017 Topographic Map of Rice
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2017
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2017

About this map

Franklin D Roosevelt Lake serves as the central focal point of this Stevens County landscape, where the waters of the Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area divide the terrain between the Colville National Forest to the west and the rural settlements to the east. The small community of Rice sits near the shoreline, connected to the surrounding heights by a network of local roads like Orin Rice Rd and Johnson Rd.

Evidence of early 20th-century family history and land use is preserved through labels like Cully Memorial Cem and numerous family-named landmarks including Heidegger Hill and Nicholls Mtn. The topography transitions from the low-lying Rotter Bay and Chalk Grade Flat up into the higher elevations of Staehly Mtn and Butcher Mtn. Numerous small drainages such as Quiltsascut Cr and Cheweka Cr illustrate the watershed pattern feeding into the Columbia River reservoir.