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2023 Map of Stemler Ridge

Name: 2023 Topographic Map of Stemler Ridge
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2023
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2023

About this map

Juntura serves as the focal point of this Eastern Oregon landscape, situated at the confluence of the Malheur River and the North Fork Malheur River. The map highlights an extensive irrigation and water management system essential to the Juntura Valley, including the Juntura Investment Company Canal, Townsite Ditch, and numerous upland water sources like Beulah Cr Reservoir and Mustang Basin Forest Reservoir.

The rugged terrain is defined by Stemler Ridge and high-desert features such as Grasshopper Flat and Beulah Butte. Genealogists and local historians can locate the Juntura Cem just east of the primary settlement. The prominence of family and place-named features, from Harris Reservoir to Boney Basin, reflects a history of ranching and resource development along the river corridors and seasonal drainages like Juniper Gulch and Currey Canyon.