2017 Map of Baird Inlet D-3 NE

About this map

Vast interconnected water bodies and tundra wetlands dominate this 2017 survey of the Bethel Census Area in Alaska. The landscape is defined by its complex hydrography, where countless unnamed lakes and ponds fill the depressions between low-lying land. Mapping this territory required detailed survey work across the public land survey system grids of T11n R77w, T11n R76w, and T10n R77w. This specific region of the Baird Inlet shows a environment where land and water are constantly shifting, with no established roads or permanent settlements recorded within these boundaries. The map serves as a primary record of the natural hydrology and contour intervals in a portion of the state where the seasonal movement of water is the primary architect of the geography. Researchers can examine the intricate shorelines throughout T10n R76w and into T9n R77w and T9n R76w.