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2018 Map of Rosewood

Name: 2018 Topographic Map of Rosewood
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2018
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2018

About this map

Rosewood sits at the southern edge of this landscape where the topography transitions from the high ridges into the northern Sacramento Valley. The terrain is defined by a dense network of drainages and named gulches that carve through the hills, most notably Middle Fork Cottonwood Cr and Big Crane Cr. These waterways create a complex series of ridges, including those surrounding Trueblood Gulch and Meadow Gulch.

Remote transportation routes like Foster Rd provide access through the northern sections, crossing several ephemeral streams such as Willow Spring Gulch. The boundary between Shasta and Tehama counties is clearly marked as it traverses the higher elevations. The concentration of family-named features like Hart Gulch and Aiken Gulch suggests a history of early land use and settlement in these drainages before they meet the valley floor.