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1956 Map of Tanana D-4

Name: 1956 Topographic Map of Tanana D-4
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1972
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1972

About this map

The Kanuti River and Kilolitna River converge in this high-latitude terrain, where the northern Interior landscape begins to transition into the Brooks Range foothills. Based on 1952 aerial photography and 1956 field annotations, this map captures the remote drainage patterns of the Ishtalitna Creek and Banddana Creek systems before modern development or resource exploration altered the region. The map reveals a land defined by extensive mountains and unnamed peaks reaching over 3,000 feet, highlighting the intricate contouring of the Yukon-Koyukuk territory.

Without roads or established settlements, the focus is entirely on the natural hydrography and elevation. The topographical detail, revised in 1972, serves as a primary reference for the original state of these subarctic waterways. For researchers and historians, this survey provides the precise location of the upper Kaltag and Kanuti tributaries in an era when the area was documented almost exclusively from the air.