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2020 Map of Vines Hill

Name: 2020 Topographic Map of Vines Hill
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2020
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2020

About this map

The Malheur River carves through the high desert of Malheur County, defining a landscape dominated by a sophisticated network of irrigation and drainage. The Vale Oregon Main Canal snakes across the northern terrain, feeding a system of smaller channels like Vines Ditch, Stacey Ditch, and J-H Canal. These engineering works transformed the arid reaches near Malheur Canyon and West Bench into a productive agricultural corridor.

Settlement patterns remain sparse, anchored by the community of Little Valley in the southwest and the area around Sand Hollow in the southeast. Transportation is largely defined by the path of modern transit alongside the legacy of local roads like Gravel Pit Rd and Grove School Ln. The eponymous Vines Hill stands as a prominent landmark in the southern half of the map, overlooking the complex series of drains such as Robbins Drain and Purvis Drain that manage the valley's water flow.