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1912 Map of Prairie Creek

Name: 1912 Topographic Map of Prairie Creek
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1922
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1922

About this map

Honcut stands at the western edge of this early 20th-century topographic study, marking the transition from the valley floor to the foothills where Butte Co Yuba Co share a boundary. The landscape is defined by the drainage systems of North Honcut Creek and South Honcut Creek, which carve through the rising elevation. This preliminary edition highlights the established network of early transport routes that connected the mining and ranching districts of the Sierra Nevada foothills to the larger valley hubs, including the Marysville and Laporte Road and Bangor Road.

Educational life in this rural district is anchored by the Salem School in the north and the Buckeye School further south. The map provides a detailed view of the terrain before later development, showing the complex contouring of the ridges between Prairie Creek and Wyandotte Creek. The presence of an extensive unsurveyed area on the eastern margin reflects the ongoing effort to document the more difficult, higher-elevation terrain at this time.