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2018 Map of Caribou

Name: 2018 Topographic Map of Caribou
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2018
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2018

About this map

Caribou sits at the heart of this Plumas County landscape where the North Fork Feather River and its East Branch meet. The terrain is defined by a series of riverside bars that speak to the region's hydraulic history, including Missouri Bar, Indian Bar, and the colorfully named Pea Soup Bar. These river-level flats are hemmed in by steep canyon walls and deep drainages like Deadwood Canyon and Serpentine Canyon.

Upland areas are managed between Lassen National Forest and Plumas National Forest, featuring the Red Hill Lookout as a prominent high point. Infrastructure for water management and transport is evident through the presence of Butt Valley Reservoir in the northeast and a series of numbered tunnels, such as Tunnel Twenty Four and Tunnel Twenty Five, which follow the river's course. Roads like the Belden Longville Spur navigate the complex topography of Mosquito Ridge and Deadwood Saddle.