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1966 Map of Russell City

Name: 1966 Topographic Map of Russell City
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1991
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1991

About this map

Russell City and the surrounding wilderness of the Allegheny National Forest define this 1966 topographic survey of the Pennsylvania highlands. The landscape is a complex network of narrow hollows and high ridges, heavily marked by the extraction industry with an extensive Oil and Gas Field spanning the central and eastern portions. This industrial footprint is visible through numerous gas wells and pipelines that crisscross the terrain, often located in areas far from formal roads.

Transport through these rugged hills relies on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, which winds through the northwestern corner near Brookston and Sheffield Junction. Small settlements like Chaffee, Sackett, and the descriptively named Windy City represent the small population centers of the era. Waterways like the South Branch Tionesta Creek and its many tributaries, including Wolf Run and Hunter Run, carve deep into the plateau, dictating the placement of early infrastructure and small communities like Duhring.