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1959 Map of Nabesna A-4

Name: 1959 Topographic Map of Nabesna A-4
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1975
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1975

About this map

Orange Hill serves as a lone outpost of human activity in this mid-century survey of the Alaskan interior, located at the edge of the massive Nabesna Glacier. The area reflects the practicalities of remote wilderness access during the late 1950s, centered around the Orange Hill Landing Strip and a nearby Tractor Trail. These rudimentary transportation links were essential for the small-scale operations at the local Quarries, providing the only terrestrial connections through the valley of the Nabesna R.

Glacial movement dominates the landscape, with the ice fields of the Nikonda Glacier and Cross Creek Glacier carving out deep drainage basins for Cross Creek and Nikonda Creek. Numerous Crevasses are marked across the ice sheets, illustrating the active geological state of the region. The map also records several smaller water bodies like Monte Cristo Creek and Bond Creek, which feed into the primary river systems draining the high-altitude terrain.