1972 Map of Wolfinger Butte

About this map

The John Day River flows through this 1972 survey, cutting a path between the northern timberlands and the southern gulches of Grant County. The landscape is defined by the transition from the Malheur National Forest in the north, where Wolfinger Butte and Little Black Butte overlook Lone Pine Basin, to the more arid, dissected terrain to the south. Water management is a central theme of the area's development, evidenced by the Yokom Reservoir and a Diversion Dam on the river, both critical for sustaining local operations in this dry environment.