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2017 Map of Sawtooth Ridge

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

USGS Topo · Published 2017

About this map

Whitman National Forest dominates this section of the Oregon high country, where the boundary between Union and Baker counties cuts through the northern timberlands. The landscape is defined by its complex drainage network and varied terrain, from the prominent Sawtooth Ridge and Sawtooth Crater to the broad Lower Powder Valley in the south. An intricate system of water management is visible through features like Erwin Ditch, Big Cr Ditch, and the curiously named Copper Buttes Water Pipe Gulch.

Resource extraction and transit history are marked by routes such as Gilkison Mill Rd and Mother Lode Rd, suggesting the area's ties to timber and mining. The Powder River flows across the southern edge, while the northern terrain rises toward Table Mtn and Tamarack Flat. Remote springs like Sardine Spring and Sawtooth Spring punctuate the ridges, serving as vital landmarks in this arid, high-elevation environment.