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1980 Map of Cavanaugh Creek

Name: 1980 Topographic Map of Cavanaugh Creek
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1980
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1980

About this map

Mt Baker National Forest defines the high-elevation landscape of this 1980 survey, where the drainages of Skookum Creek and Cavanaugh Creek carve through the western foothills of the Cascades. The map documents a rugged wilderness environment at the boundary of Whatcom and Skagit counties, dominated by peaks like Blue Mountain, New York Mountain, and Bald Mountain. Human activity in the area is largely limited to resource extraction and primitive access, evidenced by numerous borrow pits and a network of jeep trails and pack trails navigating the steep terrain.

A significant hydrological complex is visible in the northwest, where Hutchinson Creek flows near the Mud Marsh. To the south, the Nooksack River cuts across the corner of the sheet, fed by the various mountain streams. This document is a detailed record of timber and forest management lands before modern shifts in land use, capturing the remote character of Dailey Prairie and the Athearns Ponds in their late twentieth-century state.