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1949 Map of Long Island

Name: 1949 Topographic Map of Long Island
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1955
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1955

About this map

Long Island dominates this coastal survey, serving as a central landmass between Nacotta Channel and the Stanley Channel. The area is defined by a complex network of tidelands and sloughs, including Kaffee Slough and Sawlog Slough, which weave through the marshy terrain of the Willapa Migratory Bird Refuge. To the east, the Naselle River and Middle Nemah River drain into the harbor, illustrating the tidal nature of the Pacific coast geography.

Local settlement and agricultural activity are evident in the presence of established homesteads such as Ball Ranch, Church Ranch, and Reed Ranch. The topography rises sharply toward the southeast at Bear Ridge, contrasting the low-lying mudflats of Chetlo Harbor. This map captures a landscape shaped by coastal water ways and early 20th-century land use, from the timber-rich highlands to the protected wildlife habitats of Smoky Hollow.