2011 Map of Wolfinger Butte

About this map

The John Day River flows through this rugged pocket of Grant County, creating a lifeline for the cattle ranches and remote outposts that define the landscape. The map details a network of water management features essential to high-desert life, including the Blue Mountain Ditch and Edington Ditch, which divert water toward agricultural operations like Lemons Ranch. Higher elevations are marked by distinctive landmarks such as Wolfinger Butte and White Butte, alongside narrow drainages like Graveyard Gulch and Waterspout Gulch. For local historians and genealogists, the placement of Moon Creek Cemetery and isolated dwellings such as Dunlap Cabin and Jenkins Cabin provides a clear view of early 21st-century rural settlement patterns in Eastern Oregon, where family-named landmarks and remote cabins remain primary points of reference.