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2016 Map of Keystone

Name: 2016 Topographic Map of Keystone
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2016
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2016

About this map

Keystone and Northfork anchor a string of industrial settlements along the narrow valley of Elkhorn Cr in this McDowell County survey. The landscape is defined by the heavy footprint of the region's coal legacy, evidenced by the Algoma Coal Impoundment and the Keystone Refuse Impoundment tucked into the steep ravines. High above the valley floor, ridges like Shawnee Mtn and Indian Ridge separate these bustling corridors from the more remote drainage of Pinnacle Cr to the north.

Transportation infrastructure is vital in this terrain, highlighted by the Eckman Overhead Bridge and a network of hollow-following roads like Vivian Bottom Rd and Northfork Ashland Rd. For genealogists, the map preserves the locations of several upland burial grounds, including Rotenberry Cem and Mitchem Cem, providing a spatial record of the communities that settled these West Virginia heights between the mining operations and the winding creeks.