2020 Map of Ritzville SW

About this map

Ritzville stands at the northern edge of this Adams County landscape, where the basalt-carved geography of the Channeled Scablands meets the agricultural plateau of Eastern Washington. The map traces the winding course of Paha Coulee as it trends southwest toward the small settlement of Paha, a site of local significance marked by the Paha Cem. This area illustrates the transition from the structured grid of the city, including landmarks like Pru Field, to the expansive rural sections defined by a network of family-named roads such as Bauer Rd, Urquhart Rd, and Dewald Rd. In the southern reaches, the ephemeral McElroy Lake sits within the drainage patterns of the coulee, highlighting the hydraulic character of this semi-arid region where water and transportation routes have dictated development since the early homesteading era.