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1980 Map of White Lakes

Name: 1980 Topographic Map of White Lakes
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1981
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1981

About this map

Scattered highland basins and rugged coulees define this portion of the Okanogan country, where water sources like White Lakes and McDonald Lake served as vital anchors for ranching and movement. The terrain is marked by a network of paths including a Jeep Trail that threads through the high plateaus between Salt Hill and the wide expanse of Timentwa Flats. These labels reflect a landscape of seasonal use and difficult access, characteristic of the region's semi-arid grazing lands before more modern development.

Deep depressions in the earth hold small, often isolated bodies of water such as Farley Lake, Stevens Lake, and Freshwater Lake. The map reveals the intricate drainage patterns of Dan Canyon and the numerous unnamed springs that dotted the hillsides, illustrating how every reliable seep and pond was historically significant for land management. The presence of a Borrow Pit and the various Blacks Lakes further underscore the small-scale human interventions in this open, high-desert environment.