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1949 Map of Fairbanks A-2

Name: 1949 Topographic Map of Fairbanks A-2
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1967
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1967

About this map

The Japan Hills anchor this interior Alaskan terrain, where the wide course of the Wood River meets the Fairbanks Meridian. Surveyed in the late 1940s, the map reveals a landscape defined by its waterways and remote navigation points, including a solitary Cabin and infrastructure such as a Radio Tower and Landing Strip near Gold King Creek. These markers suggest a period of early aviation and telegraphy reliance in the Tanana Valley backcountry.

A network of drainage systems, from the prominent Bonnifield Creek to the smaller Chicken Creek and Snow Mountain Gulch, flows through the diverse topography. High elevation points are marked by triangulation stations like VABM 2834 Bonn and VABM 5144 Baker, which served as the primary nodes for mapping this unsurveyed territory. The presence of Coal Cr and Glacier Creek speaks to the geologic character of the region as it was documented before mid-century development.