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1967 Map of Turner

Name: 1967 Topographic Map of Turner
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1971
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1971

About this map

Tucannon River cuts a deep canyon through the rolling plateau of Columbia and Garfield Counties, anchoring a landscape defined by isolated rural settlements and steep drainages. In the late 1960s, the community of Turner served as a focal point along the Union Pacific rail line, accompanied by the nearby Turner Cem. The map documents the shifting footprint of local habitation, noting the Covello (Site) and its associated Covello Cem further south.

Transport and topography dictate the layout of the land, from the Pataha Creek Valley in the northeast to the various hollows such as Dry Hollow and Whetstone Hollow that carve into the high ground. Steep grades and jeep trails navigate the breaks between the river and the surrounding wheat-growing country, while industrial markers like a Radio Tower and scattered gravel pits appear alongside the historic river crossing at Marengo.