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2023 Map of Olyphant

Name: 2023 Topographic Map of Olyphant
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2023
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2023

About this map

The Lackawanna River corridor defines the geography of this valley, where a dense string of industrial-era settlements like Olyphant, Blakely, and Dickson City evolved alongside the river's path. This map captures a landscape deeply rooted in ethnic and religious history, evidenced by the high concentration of cemeteries and parish sites including Saint Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church Cem, Saint Mary's Czestochowa Cem, and Saint Adalbert Polish National Catholic Cem.

Elevations rise sharply to the east into the Moosic Mountains, where the drainage system feeds a critical series of high-altitude impoundments such as Olyphant Reservoir Number 1 and Dunmore Reservoir Number Three. The transition from the urbanized valley floor, marked by the Penn State Worthington Scranton campus, to the wooded ridges of Mount Cobb illustrates the region's sharp topographic divide between industrial centers and the protected water supplies that sustained them.