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1954 Map of Butte Falls

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

USGS Topo · Published 1956

About this map

Butte Falls serves as the industrial and civic anchor of this mid-century Jackson County landscape, characterized by a complex network of timber extraction and water management. The town is flanked by Beekman Flat and the Butte Falls Cem, with the Aqueduct Logging Railroad and various canals and aqueducts illustrating the region's reliance on both the logging industry and the South Fork Little Butte Creek watershed.

Upriver at the confluence of Elk Creek and the Rogue River, the small settlement of McLeod features the McLeod Covered Bridge and proximity to Casey State Park. The transition of the rural landscape is visible through several educational landmarks, including the functional Elk Trail Sch and the already vacant Derby Sch and Perry Sch. Scattered family holdings like the Katydid Ranch and Cobleigh Ranch are interspersed between the rugged heights of Obenchain Mountain and the Rogue River National Forest boundary.