
Nulato Hills dominate this portion of the Alaskan interior, where the topography is defined by a dense network of drainages and ridgelines. The South River serves as the primary hydrological artery, winding through the center of the sheet and collecting various tributaries that carve deep into the surrounding heights. Several of these streams, such as Summer Camp Cr and Coal Mine Cr, carry names that hint at the seasonal subsistence and resource extraction activities historically common in this region of Nome. The landscape is marked by steep elevation changes, with the hills forming a complex series of valleys for Jesse Cr and Cascade Cr. This map represents the raw physical geography of the Alaskan wilderness before the encroachment of modern infrastructure, preserving the original hydrographic patterns and land divisions of the public land survey system.
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1950 · Unalakleet D-3
USGS Topo · 1:63,360
1950 · Unalakleet D-4
USGS Topo · 1:63,360
1951 · Unalakleet
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1952 · Unalakleet C-3
USGS Topo · 1:63,360
1952 · Unalakleet C-4
USGS Topo · 1:63,360
1952 · Unalakleet
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1964 · Unalakleet
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
2015 · Unalakleet C-4 SE
USGS Topo · 1:25,000
2015 · Unalakleet D-4 SE
USGS Topo · 1:25,000
2015 · Unalakleet C-3 SW
USGS Topo · 1:25,000