2011 Map of Tubb Spring

About this map

Tubb Spring and Tubb Creek anchor this central Oregon landscape, where the naming of remote water sources reveals the footprints of early homesteaders and ranchers. In this high-desert environment, individual springs like High Gilchrist Spring, George Iremonger Spring, and Iremonger Spring were critical assets for survival and livestock. The terrain is defined by prominent basaltic features such as Juniper Butte and Table Mountain, which rise above the drainages of Deep Creek and Fopiano Creek. To the south, Spanish Gulch and Spring Creek suggest a history of prospecting or specialized grazing in the varied topography of Wheeler County. The map provides a clear look at the network of valleys and hollows, including Smith Hollow and Pine Hollow, that shaped movement and land use across this territory.