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1954 Map of Ashland

Name: 1954 Topographic Map of Ashland
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1956
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1956

About this map

Ashland serves as the focal point for this 1950s survey, illustrating the town's position as an educational and transit hub in Jackson County. The footprint of Southern Oregon College and the local HS stand out within the urban grid, while the Southern Pacific RR snakes through the valley following the course of Bear Creek. Outside the city center, the landscape transitions into the steep terrain of the Rogue River National Forest and Klamath National Forest, with Emigrant Reservoir providing a significant water management feature for the region's agricultural and domestic needs.

Transit through the mountains is marked by the ascent toward Siskiyou Pass and the Siskiyou Co line, where the railroad and Pacific Hwy parallel one another. Small settlements and specialized locales like the Buckhorn Springs resort area, Mistletoe, and the railway siding at Stienman reflect a mid-century economy tied to the land and the primary transportation corridor. Geologic landmarks such as Mt Ashland and Pilot Rock anchor the southern portion of the sheet near the California border.