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1959 Map of Fields Landing

Name: 1959 Topographic Map of Fields Landing
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1971
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1971

About this map

Humboldt Bay and its southern reaches define this coastal landscape, where the Northwestern Pacific Railroad and Redwood Highway parallel the shore. Small maritime and rail-focused settlements like Fields Landing and King Salmon sit at the water's edge, while the dairy and agricultural community of Loleta occupies the southern terrace near Table Bluff. The map records a working coastal economy, noting the Coast Guard Cutter Dock and a network of sloughs including Hookton and Hogpen.

Inland, the terrain rises into the timbered ridges of Humboldt Hill and the watersheds of Salmon Creek and the Elk River. Educational history is well-represented by rural sites such as Elk River School, Jones Prairie Sch, and South Bay Union School. This 1959 survey, authorized under Governor Edmund G. Brown, documents the transition between the marshy bay margins and the rising hills before the further modernization of the coastal corridor.