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1996 Map of Lorado

Name: 1996 Topographic Map of Lorado
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2003
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2003

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Buffalo Creek winds through a landscape defined by deep-hollow coal mining and gas extraction at the end of the 20th century. This Logan County corridor is densely marked with settlements like Lorado, Craneco, and Lundale, which developed along the narrow creek bottoms. The map documents the heavy industrial footprint of the era, including a massive Strip Mine in the Washington district and a Mine Dump near Pardee.

Upland from the valley floors, the terrain rises sharply to Bald Knob and the Spring Mountain Lookout Tower. The intricate network of Gas Wells and access roads across Triadelphia and Sprung mountains illustrates the intensive energy production that shaped West Virginia's southern coalfields. Evidence of the region's transport infrastructure is visible in the prominent Conveyor line traversing the southern ridges toward Huff Creek.