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1948 Map of Mooreville Ridge

Name: 1948 Topographic Map of Mooreville Ridge
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1966
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1966

About this map

Mooreville Ridge and the surrounding timberlands of the Plumas National Forest and Tahoe National Forest define this 1948 survey. The landscape is a network of deep drainages including the Middle Fork Feather River and South Fork Feather River, punctuated by the remote homesteads and industrial sites of Butte, Plumas, Sierra, and Yuba counties. Evidence of the region’s hydraulic and hard-rock mining legacy is visible at the Palace Mine, Browns Hill Mine, and Triumph Mine.

Settlement patterns follow the high ridges and river bends, from the town of Brandy City in the southeast to Clipper Mills and Woodleaf. Infrastructural developments like the Lost Creek Reservoir and a Logging RR near Lumpkin reveal the mid-century transition toward managed water and timber resources. Other family-named landmarks such as Maynards Ranch and McIntosh Ranch offer specific points of interest for genealogists tracing early mountain residents.