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1980 Map of Walla Walla

Name: 1980 Topographic Map of Walla Walla
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1980
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1980

About this map

Walla Walla serves as the regional hub for this 1980 survey, where the concentrated urban grid of the city meets the agricultural expanse of the Walla Walla Valley. The map documents the city's established institutional landscape, including the Whitman College campus, the historic grounds of Fort Walla Walla, and St. Marys Hospital. To the west, the arid Eureka Flat and the Sand Dunes near the confluence of the Snake River and Columbia River illustrate the dramatic transition from irrigated valley floor to the high desert terrain of the Horse Heaven Hills.

Water management and transportation infrastructure define the western corridor, anchored by the Ice Harbor Dam and the sprawling Lake Wallula reservoir behind McNary Dam. The rail network is particularly dense at Wallula Junction and Villard Junction, where Burlington Northern and Union Pacific lines converge. Small wheat-country settlements like Waitsburg, Prescott, and Eureka are linked by the winding course of the Touchet River, showing the enduring pattern of valley floor development in this corner of the Pacific Northwest.