2019 Map of Medfra A-3 NW

About this map

The North Fork Kuskokwim River dominates this interior landscape, winding in a complex series of meanders and oxbows across the southern half of the quadrangle. This hydraulic pattern indicates a low-gradient floodplain where the river frequently shifts its course, leaving behind the small lakes and marshy depressions visible in the terrain. In the northwest, the land rises into the Kuskokwim Mountains, where elevation contours tighten to show the transition from the river valley to higher ground. Aside from Dick McCarthy Lake in the southwest corner, the area is characterized by its lack of named human settlements or infrastructure, representing a remote portion of the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area where the natural drainage of the North Fork Kuskokwim River is the primary geographic feature.