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1990 Map of Vail

Name: 1990 Topographic Map of Vail
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1995
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1995

About this map

Ruth Prairie serves as the topographic centerpiece of this landscape, where the Deschutes River and the Vail Railway converge near the settlement of Vail. The industrial character of the region is defined by timber and water management, evidenced by the extensive network of the Vail Logging Road and the prominent Skookumchuck Reservoir to the south.

A Power Plant situated near Johnson Creek and the presence of several named peaks like Baumgard Hill and Miller Hill reveal a terrain shaped by resource extraction and infrastructure. The boundary between Thurston and Lewis Counties cuts through the southern hills, while small water bodies like Lake Fifteen and the remote tracks of Wetico dot the northern reaches, documenting the transition from prairie to forested uplands in the late twentieth century.