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1998 Map of South China Mountain

Name: 1998 Topographic Map of South China Mountain
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2003
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2003

About this map

Klamath National Forest and Shasta-Trinity National Forests converge along the high ridges of the Scott Mountains and The Eddys. This late 1990s revision reveals a landscape dominated by wilderness recreation and watershed protection, where the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail traverses the crest near South China Mtn. The map documents a rugged network of drainage systems, including the headwaters of the Trinity River and Picayune Creek, which flow through heavily contoured basins.

Local infrastructure is largely restricted to resource management and backcountry access, marked by the Cabin Meadows Trailhead and Parks Creek Trailhead. Evidence of earlier resource extraction persists at a lone Mine near Sherer Creek. The prevalence of named water sources like Caldwell Lakes and Deadfall Lakes underscores the area's importance as a regional hydrologic hub at the border of Siskiyou Co and Trinity Co.