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1950 Map of Fairbanks B-2

Name: 1950 Topographic Map of Fairbanks B-2
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1970
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1970

About this map

The Wood River meanders through the lower portion of this 1950 survey, defining the southern boundary of a significant Military Reservation. This terrain within the Fairbanks North Star Borough is characterized by its complex hydrology, where numerous waterways like Willow Creek and Clear Creek flow northward across the reservation.

The landscape is further delineated by the Fairbanks Meridian, which serves as a primary surveying reference point for the interior. To the south, tributaries such as Bonnifield Creek and Gold King Creek feed into the river system, reflecting the drainage patterns of the Tanana Valley. This map, based on 1949 aerial photography and 1950 field annotations, documents the region's geography at a time when much of the land was managed as predetermined, unsurveyed locations by the Bureau of Land Management.