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1986 Map of Oakville

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

USGS Topo · Published 1986

About this map

The confluence of the Black River and the Chehalis River defines this landscape on the border of Grays Harbor and Thurston counties. The town of Oakville serves as a primary hub, situated just north of the Chehalis Indian Reservation boundaries. To the north, the terrain rises into the timbered slopes of the Black Hills State Forest, where drainages like Roundtree Creek and Phantom Creek carve through the upland.

Evidence of local industry and rural life is scattered across the river valleys, from the Quarry and numerous Borrow Pits to small family or community Cemeteries. In the eastern and southern portions of the map, the settlements of Gate and Independence sit along productive bottomlands, with Independence Valley Creek winding toward the Chehalis. The presence of Michigan Hill to the southeast provides a prominent landmark overlooking the valley, while multiple Gravel Pits indicate the ongoing extraction of glacial deposits characteristic of the region.