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1984 Map of Redding

Name: 1984 Topographic Map of Redding
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1984
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1984

About this map

The Sacramento River carves through the heart of this Northern California landscape, where massive post-war engineering projects reshaped the hydrology of the region. By the mid-1980s, the skyline is dominated by the Shasta Dam and the sprawling waters of Shasta Lake, Whiskeytown Lake, and Clair Engle Lake. These reservoirs, part of the Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area, sit in contrast to the deep industrial history of the surrounding Klamath Mountains.

Evidence of the area's extraction roots remains visible through labels for the Iron Mountain Mine and Old American Mine. The city of Redding serves as the regional anchor, flanked by growing communities like Enterprise and Central Valley. Transportation corridors are well-defined, showing the Southern Pacific railroad line following the river canyon and the path of Interstate 5 moving north toward the mountains. Historic mining settlements such as Weaverville and Shasta provide a connection to the older gold-rush era of the 19th century.