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1992 Map of Williams Prairie

Name: 1992 Topographic Map of Williams Prairie
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1997
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1997

About this map

Big Summit Prairie dominates the upper reaches of this Crook County landscape, where the North Fork Crooked River begins its winding descent through the high country. As mapped during the early 1990s, the area serves as a vital water management and grazing zone within the Och Oco National Forest. The landscape is a network of open grasslands and meadows, including Williams Prairie, Antler Prairie, and Hickey Meadow, punctuated by numerous small-scale water improvements such as Hickey Reservoir and South Fox Reservoir.

Evidence of historical land use and forest management is visible at the Cold Springs Guard Sta, which sits near a Landing Field and several named springs. For genealogists and local historians, the map's small details—such as a lone Grave near Peterson Creek Reservoir and the presence of the Arvid Nelson Road—provide specific points of reference for tracing the 20th-century footprint of ranching and forestry families in the Oregon interior.