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1965 Map of Fairbanks D-2

Name: 1965 Topographic Map of Fairbanks D-2
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1966
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1966

About this map

Fairbanks serves as the focal point of this interior Alaskan landscape, showing a period of significant mid-century expansion. The urban core is surrounded by developing neighborhoods like Lemeta, Slaterville, and Hamilton Acres, while the University of Alaska sits prominently to the west near College. The presence of Fort Wainwright and the International Airport underscores the region's strategic importance during the Cold War era.

Logistics and industry define the outlying areas, from the path of the Alaska Railroad to the scattered Gravel Pits and the Gilmore Data Acquisition Facility in the northeast. The geography is shaped by the complex drainage of Goldstream Creek and the broad Tanana River to the south, which includes Goose Island and Meridian Island. Military land use is a dominant theme, with the Blair Lake Air Force Range and multiple Military Reservation boundaries enclosing much of the surrounding wilderness.