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1979 Map of Igo

Name: 1979 Topographic Map of Igo
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1984
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1984

About this map

The community of Igo sits at the southern edge of this Shasta County landscape, serving as a gateway to the steep canyonlands and recreational waters to the north. In the late 1970s, the Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area defined the northern half of this territory, centered on the waters of Whiskeytown Lake and the engineered height of the Whiskeytown Dam.

Evidence of the region's mining heritage is scattered throughout the terrain, from the Sunshine Mine near the northern gaging station to the Potosi Mine along the lower reaches of Clear Creek. Local infrastructure for the era is well-documented, including the Igo-Ono Sch and the Whiskeytown Cem, providing essential points of interest for those tracing the social history and early development of this portion of northern California.