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1972 Map of Sacramento Butte

Name: 1972 Topographic Map of Sacramento Butte
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1975
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1975

About this map

Clark Ranch serves as the primary human landmark in this corner of Malheur County, situated among the high desert drainage systems of the early 1970s. The landscape is defined by its water management features, including the Barren Basin Reservoir, Upper Clark Res, and Lower Clark Res, which supported livestock and ranching in a region appropriately named Barren Valley.

A network of simple transportation routes, marked largely as Jeep Trail, connects isolated points like Red Well and the volcanic prominence of Sacramento Butte. To the north, Burnt Flat and the seasonal waters of Burnt Flat Creek transition into the alkali flats of Mud Lake. This survey captures the remote character of the Oregon interior where survival was tied directly to these scattered water improvements and family-held ranch lands.