1986 Map of Chicken Hawk Hill

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Sacramento River drainage patterns dominate this mid-1980s provisional study, where the waterway carves through the convergence of the Shasta National Forest and Trinity National Forest. The settlement at Gibson serves as a small point of human activity near the riverbank, situated just south of where Shiloah Mineral Springs is noted. High-altitude hydrology is a primary feature of the landscape, marked by several mountain basins holding Twin Lakes, Tamarack Lake, and Grey Rock Lake. A network of unimproved roads and four-wheel-drive trails provides access to numerous mineral prospects and gravel pits scattered across the ridges. Notable terrain landmarks like Chicken Hawk Hill and Rattlesnake Hill rise between the drainages of Slate Creek and Mears Creek, while a Foot Bridge near the river indicates the local infrastructure of the era.