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2015 Map of Cherokee

Name: 2015 Topographic Map of Cherokee
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2015
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2015

About this map

Paradise and the surrounding foothill communities of Butte County are documented here as they appeared in 2015, just prior to major landscape-altering events in the region. The map illustrates a complex interface between residential development and the steep, drainage-carved terrain of the Sierra Nevada foothills. The West Branch of Lake Oroville dominates the central and eastern portions, where the West Branch Bridge spans the water near Yankee Hill.

Local history is preserved through the locations of the Clear Creek Cemetery and smaller settlements like Cherokee and Pentz. The landscape is defined by deep ravines and gulches, such as Sawmill Ravine and Vinton Gulch, which illustrate the natural barriers that shaped the expansion of Paradise along ridges like Clements Ridge and Morgan Ridge. The map also captures infrastructure critical to the area, including the Kunkle Reservoir and several smaller reservoirs like Littlefield Reservoir and Tom Jones Reservoir.