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1986 Map of Fernwood

Name: 1986 Topographic Map of Fernwood
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1986
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1986

About this map

Fernwood sits at the northern edge of this Clackamas County landscape, where the terrain is heavily defined by the winding course of the Molalla River and its major tributary, the North Fork Molalla River. The 1980s map shows a region dominated by resource extraction and water management, evidenced by numerous Quarry sites and Barrow Pits scattered across the ridgelines. A Gaging Station on the riverbank monitors the flow of these significant waterways as they move through the Cascades foothills.

The drainage network is dense, featuring family-named or descriptive water bodies like Beeres Pond, Wooded Marsh, and Woodcock Creek. Steep elevation changes are highlighted by features such as Dead Horse Canyon, while smaller tributaries like Yelkis Creek and Shotgun Creek feed into the primary river system. This survey reflects the mid-1980s period of timber and gravel interest in the Oregon backcountry before later environmental shifts changed land use patterns.