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1947 Map of Buckhorn Peak

Name: 1947 Topographic Map of Buckhorn Peak
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1963
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1963

About this map

Stanislaus National Forest terrain dominates this mid-century topographic survey, revealing a landscape defined by historic gold-bearing veins and steep canyon drainage. The mapping identifies a significant cluster of hard-rock operations, including the Bob McKee Mine, Red Cloud Mine, and the Bondurant Mine in the northern reaches, while the Texas Hill Mine and Quail Mine sit further south among the drainages of the North Fork Merced River.

Remote outposts and small clearings such as Date Flat, Cat Town, and the McDiermid Guard Sta (McDiermid Guard Station) provide evidence of the scattered residential and administrative presence in the hills. The network of unimproved tracks like Red Cloud Road and Ponderosa Way underscores the area's history of extraction and forest management, while the presence of the Bull Creek Sch (School) indicates a localized community served by the river-fed geography of Bull Creek and its many tributary gulches.