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1971 Map of Saddle Butte

Name: 1971 Topographic Map of Saddle Butte
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1983
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1983

About this map

The Umatilla National Forest occupies this high country where the borders of Garfield County and Asotin County meet the Oregon state line. The landscape is defined by a complex network of ridges and canyons, including Saddle Ridge and the sharply rising Mt Horrible. Human activity in this remote terrain is centered around the Wenatchee Guard Station and established infrastructure like the Diamond Road and Pomeroy Road.

Lower elevations feature the broad expanse of Grouse Flat, where Storage Bins and a Gravel Pit indicate localized land use. The presence of named water sources such as Wenatchee Creek and Tyle Lake suggests the vital importance of water management in this forest environment. This 1970s survey, updated in the early 1980s, documents the boundary of the Wenatchee-Tucannon Wilderness as it appeared during a period of expanding federal forest management.