1952 Map of Hooper Bay B-3

About this map

The Clarence Rhode National Wildlife Range dominates this coastal survey, preserving a complex of wetlands and tidal flats along the Bering Sea. Mapped by the Army Map Service using aerial photography from the early 1950s, the landscape is defined by its shifting aquatic boundaries. The Keoklevik River and numerous waterways like Painorouyun Slough and Issortulik Slough wind through a terrain primarily composed of sand and mud. To the north, Nuok Spit and Hooper Bay mark the interface between the open sea and the marshy interior. This topography was crucial for understanding the migratory patterns and habitat of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta during the mid-twentieth century, as evidenced by surveyor benchmarks like VABM Flood and VABM Ditch.