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2017 Map of South Elma

Name: 2017 Topographic Map of South Elma
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2017
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2017

About this map

The Chehalis River and its complex network of tributaries, including Workman Cr and Delezene Cr, dominate the geography of this Grays Harbor County landscape. The river valley facilitates a cluster of small settlements and transportation hubs, from the community of Satsop near the Satsop River Bridge to the small-scale aviation sites at Elma Municipal Airport and D and B Airpark. The land use transitions from the lowland floodplains and lakes like Huttula Lake and Vance Cr Lake to the more elevated terrain of the southern hills.

Logging roads and forest management tracks, such as the A-Line, K Line RD, and l100 RD, thread through the timberlands toward Minot Peak and the southern boundary of the quadrangle. These routes connect the valley floor with the interior uplands near Weikswood, illustrating the region's enduring reliance on the timber economy and its topographic structure. The presence of Hunters Prairie north of the river suggests the diverse prairie-and-wetland ecosystems that once characterized this part of the Washington coast.