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1962 Map of Sutter Creek

Name: 1962 Topographic Map of Sutter Creek
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1967
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1967

About this map

The Mother Lode region of the Sierra Nevada foothills is documented here in the early 1960s, revealing a landscape defined by its deep mining heritage. From the northern settlement of Plymouth down to Jackson, the map is densely populated with legendary claims such as the Central Eureka Mine, Bunker Hill Mine, and the Oneida Mine. These industrial features sit alongside a growing mid-century infrastructure, including the Amador Co High Sch and the Amador Co Airport.

Transport and water management are central to this era's development, with the Amador Central RR winding through the hills to meet the Southern Pacific RR at Ione. In the south, the massive Pardee Reservoir and the rising waters of the Camanche Reservoir signal a shift from the extraction of gold to the management of water for California's expanding population. The intricate network of the Amador Canal further illustrates this complex relationship between the hills and the valleys below.