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1974 Map of Lonesome Ridge

Name: 1974 Topographic Map of Lonesome Ridge
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1977
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1977

About this map

Six Rivers National Forest and Klamath National Forest dominate this mountain landscape at the junction of Del Norte, Siskiyou, and Humboldt counties. The terrain is defined by the steep drainage basins of East Fork Blue Creek and Bluff Creek, where narrow ridges like Lonesome Ridge separate deeply incised gulches. Human activity is sparse, centered on seasonal sites like Louse Camp and resource extraction at a small Quarry near Deer Lick Creek.

High-altitude water sources such as Onion Lake, Deer Lick Lake, and Salal Spring suggest a rugged backcountry environment used primarily for forestry and recreation. The map meticulously tracks the boundary lines between counties, intersecting at the southern edge near Laird Meadow. A lone Jeep Trail provides one of the few formal routes through the dense forest, connecting the interior gulches to the primary ridge lines during the mid-1970s.