1972 Map of Arctic A-5

About this map

The Wind River drainage dominates the southwestern reaches of this remote Alaska interior landscape, mapped during a period of intensive photogrammetric survey in the early 1970s. The terrain is defined by the winding paths of Smoke Creek and Crow Nest Creek, which cut through the high-relief topography of the North Slope. These waterways serve as the primary landmarks in an area otherwise marked by unsurveyed land lines and jurisdictional markers like the South Boundary and Borough Boundary. This survey, based on 1972 aerial photography, captures the natural state of the Brooks Range foothills before modern developments, noting specific swampy lowlands and the orientation of the Umiat Meridian. The map serves as a primary record of the hydrography and elevation of this unsettled region at the time of its field annotation.