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1962 Map of Tumalo Dam

Name: 1962 Topographic Map of Tumalo Dam
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1981
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1981

About this map

Plainview serves as a central point of settlement in this landscape, situated near the intersection of Cloverdale Market Rd and Plainview Road. The map reveals a highly engineered water management system designed for the arid Central Oregon terrain, centered on the Tumalo Dam and the expansive Tumalo Reservoir. This infrastructure, including the Columbia Southern Canal and the Feed Canal, highlights the early 20th-century efforts to transform high desert land through irrigation.

Agricultural and community life is anchored by the Grange Hall and the Plainview Sch, while the western edge of the map transitions into the Deschutes National Forest. The presence of several family-named roads, such as Harrington Road and Livesay Road, alongside features like the Bull Creek Dam Flume, provides specific evidence of the region's rural development and the essential role of water rights in the local economy.