1954 Map of Ophir A-4

About this map

The Iditarod River meanders through the western reaches of this interior Alaska landscape, creating a complex network of oxbow lakes and sloughs across the low-lying wetlands. Surveyed in the mid-1950s, the map illustrates the transition from these saturated river bottoms to the rising uplands to the east. Several prominent topographic heights are identified by name, including Lonesome 978 in the southeast and Lazy 917 further north. This region, part of the Kuskokwim River drainage system, is shown in its raw, unpopulated state, with no roads or trails recorded at the time of the survey. The absence of human infrastructure highlights the territory's character as a wilderness corridor where movement was largely dictated by the winding course of the river and the surrounding muskeg. Insights from the Bureau of Land Management and Geological Survey records indicate these land lines remained unsurveyed and unmarked at the time of publication.