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1953 Map of Yakima East

Name: 1953 Topographic Map of Yakima East
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1961
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1961

About this map

The Yakima River serves as the central artery for this mid-century landscape, where industrial infrastructure and agricultural expansion meet. On the eastern bank, the sprawling Yakima Firing Center Military Reservation occupies the high ground of Umtanum Ridge, complete with drone strips and an abandoned landing field. In the valley below, the intricate irrigation network of the Roza Canal and Selah Canal supports a grid of rural homesteads and family farms, many connected by roads named for local families such as Laframboise Road and Beauchene Rd.

Community life is anchored by the Holy Rosary Sch and Cem and the Central School near Moxee City. Transportation corridors are well-defined by the competing lines of the Northern Pacific and Union Pacific railroads, which thread through the narrow passage at Union Gap. Notable local landmarks like Elephant Mountain and the Yakima Sportsmen State Park provide distinct natural boundaries between the developing urban fringes of East Selah and the open rangeland to the east.