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2012 Map of Iron Peak

Name: 2012 Topographic Map of Iron Peak
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2012
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2012

About this map

The Eel River carves a winding path through this Mendocino County landscape, where the naming of family homesteads like the Jim Leggett Place, Ralph Leggett Place, and Dunlap Place reflects a deeply personal history of land ownership and settlement. These residential landmarks are clustered near the river and the mountain heights of Iron Peak, which is capped by the Iron Peak Lookout Tower.

Remote outposts and small communities such as Spyrock, Nashmead, and Woodman are connected by a network of winding roads including Spyrock Rd and Woodman Creek Rd. The geography is defined by high points like White Rock and the drainage systems of Shell Rock Cr and Woodman Cr. This 2012 survey documents a rugged portion of Northern California where early 20th-century family names remained fixed to the geography well into the 21st century.