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1986 Map of Mc Conaughy Gulch

Name: 1986 Topographic Map of Mc Conaughy Gulch
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1986
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1986

About this map

The Scott River defines this northern California landscape, winding through a broad valley floor characterized by complex water systems like Scott Slough and Big Slough. This mid-1980s data illustrates a rural landscape where agriculture and resource extraction meet the steep rising terrain of the Klamath Mountains. Evidence of local industry is visible through numerous Gravel Pits and Borrow Pits scattered along the riverbank and valley margins.

Settlement is sparse, concentrated at Heartstrand and supported by infrastructure like the Denny Point Radio Facility atop Denny Point. For genealogists and local historians, the presence of a lone Cem near the river and several named drainages such as McConaughy Gulch and French Creek provide essential markers of historic family landholdings and early water rights. The network of paths, including Dockery Trail and Gulch Trail, reveals how the high country was accessed from the valley floor.