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1988 Map of Wendel

Name: 1988 Topographic Map of Wendel
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1989
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1989

About this map

Honey Lake Valley is dominated by the vast eastern shore of Honey Lake and the stark rises of the Skedaddle Mountains and Amedee Mountains. The settlement of Wendel serves as a small hub near the northern edge of the map, situated at a junction of transportation routes. To the south, the Sierra Army Depot and Amedee Army Airfield occupy a significant portion of the landscape, marked by a Radio Facility and numerous infrastructure points along the military reservation boundary.

Tracing the corridor between the mountains and the lake reveals several layers of regional history, including an Old Railroad Grade and the Amedee Hot Springs. Evidence of local industry and utility is scattered throughout the basin, from a limestone kiln and multiple borrow pits to a Sanitary Disposal Site. The geography transitions from the flat lakebed to the steep drainage of Amedee Canyon, providing a detailed look at this arid corner of Lassen County during the late twentieth century.