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1959 Map of Harts Lake

Name: 1959 Topographic Map of Harts Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1969
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1969

About this map

The Fort Lewis Military Reservation dominates the northern landscape of this Pierce County quadrangle, where a network of rural roads like Pettit Road and Hawk Road trace the boundaries of military and civilian land. To the south, the terrain is defined by the winding course of the Nisqually River and the industrial presence of the Centralia Dam. The area is characterized by a high density of wetlands and small water bodies, including Harts Lake, Little Lake, and Tule Lake, which are interconnected by a system of drainage including Horn Creek and Rocky Slough.

Local education and infrastructure are represented by the Lacamas Sch and several family-named thoroughfares such as Roy Christy Road and Pincus Road. The 1968 aerial revisions captured in purple show the evolving development of the region, including a Landing Strip near Tanwax Creek and various gravel pits, indicating the localized resource extraction and aviation activity present in the mid-20th century.