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1951 Map of Talkeetna Mountains D-1

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Talkeetna Mountains D-1
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1965
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1965

About this map

The Susitna River winds through this Alaskan interior landscape, where the South Boundary Fairbanks Meridian and East Boundary Seward Meridian meet. Surveyed just after the war, the map reveals a remote wilderness defined by braided glacial river systems and high-altitude survey markers like Vabm 3716 Sumarlidason and Vabm 3299 Coal. Evidence of human presence is sparse, limited to a single Cabin located near the headwaters of Coal Creek and the quiet waters of Coal Lake.

In the southeastern portion of the quadrangle, the Maclaren River and Clearwater Creek carve through the terrain, highlighting the complex water network of the Matanuska-Susitna region. This survey captures a moment when the territory was largely accessible only by trail or river, documented by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Bureau of Land Management before modern infrastructure reached deep into these mountains.