1976 Map of Wellston NE

About this map

The Pine River meanders sharply across the center of this 1976 orthophotograph, providing a clear visual record of the river's complex oxbows and floodplain within Wexford County. Produced by the Geological Survey, this aerial-based study uses photography captured in May of 1976 to reveal the intricate land use patterns of the era. The contrast between dense woodlots and rectangular agricultural clearings is immediately apparent, showing how the local landscape was managed and divided during the mid-1970s. For researchers and property historians, the map's photographic nature preserves exact details of forest cover, rural roads, and field boundaries that standard topographic drawings often simplify. It serves as a precise baseline for understanding the environmental and structural state of this Michigan landscape before later decades of growth and reforestation changed the local footprint.