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2011 Map of Wellsville

Name: 2011 Topographic Map of Wellsville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2011
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2011

About this map

The Arkansas River carves a path through the northern reaches of this Colorado landscape, where the small settlements of Wellsville and Swissvale sit along the riverbanks and highway corridor. This area in Fremont County is defined by its deep mining and extraction history, as evidenced by a concentration of industrial sites including the Swissvale Quarry, Box Canyon Quarry, and the Southmost Group Mine. The terrain climbs steeply away from the river, rising toward high summits like Simmons Peak and Hunts Peak.

Remote alpine water bodies such as Hunts Lake and Salamander Lake are tucked into the higher elevations, feeding a network of drainages including Bear Creek and Howard Creek. In the eastern portion of the map, the site of Calcite sits near the head of Howard Creek, marking another point of historical interest in a region where resource extraction and high-altitude geography have long dictated the pattern of human settlement.