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2018 Map of Coulterville

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

USGS Topo · Published 2018

About this map

Coulterville stands as the central hub of this northern Mariposa County landscape, where the foothills of the Sierra Nevada meet the deep drainages of the Merced River watershed. The 2018 survey reveals a terrain defined by historic mining and ranching settlements, including Greeley Hill and Dogtown, connected by a network of fire roads and old highways like Old Hwy 49. The topography is marked by significant elevation changes, from the heights of Bald Mtn and Peñon Blanco Point down to the recessed waters of Lake McClure in the southwest corner.

Evidence of the region's gold-rush era heritage is found in the naming of numerous gulches and flats, such as Tarantula Flat, Coe Gulch, and Whites Gulch. Much of the eastern portion of the map is managed as part of the Stanislaus National Forest, while the western sections show the characteristic valley and ridge patterns of Hunter Valley and Fugua Ridge, illustrating the transition from open range to protected forest lands.