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1952 Map of Black A-1

Name: 1952 Topographic Map of Black A-1
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1975
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1975

About this map

The Kipniyagok River and the Black River dominate this 1952 landscape in what is now the Kusilvak Census Area of Alaska. This is a region defined by its fluid geography, where meandering water bodies like Melatolik Creek and the Ear River weave through an intricate network of wetlands and tundra. The lack of permanent structures or settlements reflects the seasonal and nomadic patterns of land use in this part of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.

A solitary Winter Trail provides the only evidence of overland human movement, tracing a path that would only be passable during the frozen months. This 1952 survey, which includes minor revisions from 1973, represents the era of early photogrammetric mapping in Alaska, using aerial photographs to chart a territory that remained largely unsurveyed and unmarked on the ground by the Bureau of Land Management at the time.