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1922 Map of Elmira

Name: 1922 Topographic Map of Elmira
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1929
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1929

About this map

Elmira and Veneta anchor the southern portion of this Lane County landscape, where the Southern Pacific railroad parallels the modern Siuslaw Highway. The map captures a transitional rural economy, featuring established timber and agricultural infrastructure like Perkins Mill alongside a dense network of country schools, including Redoak School, Fir Butte School, and the Upper Fern Ridge and Lower Fern Ridge sites.

Water management and terrain dominate the central corridor, defined by the winding course of the Long River and the engineered path of an Irrigation Ditch near Cheshire. Notable landmarks like Cox Butte and Waldridge Butte rise above the drainage basins of Coyote Creek and Ferguson Creek. This 1920s survey is particularly distinctive for its large western section labeled as a Preliminary Edition Unsurveyed Area, showing only the primary watercourses of Owens Creek and Nails Creek before formal topographic contouring was completed.