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1949 Map of Jump River Fire Tower

Name: 1949 Topographic Map of Jump River Fire Tower
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1949
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1949

About this map

The Jump River Fire Tower stands as a primary landmark in this mid-century survey of the north-central Wisconsin wilderness. Situated at the crossroads of Price, Rusk, and Taylor counties, the landscape is defined by the dense woodlands of the Chequamegon National Forest and an intricate network of waterways. The North Fork Jump River and South Fork Jump River carve through the terrain, joined by smaller tributaries like Web Meadow Creek and Levitt Creek.

Remote rural life in the 1940s is evidenced by the distribution of small country schoolhouses serving isolated farmsteads, including Woodland Sch and the uniquely named Red Tile Sch. The presence of numerous designated tracts like Cleveland, Grove, and Molitor reflects the organized township and range system that governed land management in this timber-rich region. Extensive Marsh lands and drainage features like Rocky Run and Lost Lake illustrate the difficult, water-logged geography that early settlers and foresters navigated.