2014 Map of Waterman

About this map

Walla Walla Valley transitions into the rising terrain of the Blue Mountain foothills on this survey of Umatilla County. The small settlement of Waterman sits near the head of Waterman Gulch, while Umapine anchors the northern reaches of the sheet where the land flattens toward the state line. This landscape is defined by a complex network of water management, illustrated by early infrastructure like Love Loney Ditch, White Ditch, and the White Reservoir fed by Pine Cr. These irrigation systems and water sources such as Swartz Spring indicate the long-standing agricultural dependence on diverted mountain runoff. The map also documents numerous family-named roads, including Hudson Bay Rd, Buroker Rd, and Dickerson Rd, which trace the legacy of local land ownership and the evolution of rural transit patterns in the region.