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1990 Map of Railroad Camp

Name: 1990 Topographic Map of Railroad Camp
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1990
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1990

About this map

Railroad Camp (Site) sits at the heart of this landscape, reflecting a time when the timber industry and rail lines dictated the geography of Grays Harbor County. An extensive Old Railroad Grade winds through the hills, marking the path of former logging infrastructure that once connected these forests to the mills. This 1990 provisional map records the transitional state of the region, where industrial activity met large-scale conservation efforts like the Olympic State Wildlife Area.

The complex hydrology of the area is defined by the headwaters and branches of several major river systems, including the East Fork Humptulips River, the Hoquiam River, and the Wishkah River. In the southern portion of the sheet, the City of Hoquiam Watershed protects the drainage for the Middle Fork Hoquiam R and Big Creek, illustrating the intersection of natural resources and municipal utility in the Pacific Northwest.