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1967 Map of Summitville

Name: 1967 Topographic Map of Summitville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1974
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1974

About this map

Summitville serves as the focal point of this high-altitude landscape, situated at the headwaters of the Wightman Fork. The terrain is defined by a dense concentration of mining infrastructure, specifically clustered around South Mountain and Cropsy Mountain. Notable underground workings such as the Chandler Tunnel, French Tunnel, and Lower Tunnel indicate the heavy subsurface industrial activity of the period.

South of the ridge, the topography drops toward the Alamosa River valley. Here, the map documents smaller-scale human imprints like Stunner Cabin and Government Park, contrasting with the industrial scale of the northern mining district. High-country drainage is captured in detail, from the Crystal Lakes in the northwest to the isolated waters of Kerr Lake and Lake De Nolda in the southern reaches of the Rio Grande National Forest.