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1948 Map of Wildwood Fire Tower

Name: 1948 Topographic Map of Wildwood Fire Tower
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1958
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1958

About this map

The northern forest of Elk County, along the border with McKean and Cameron counties, is defined by a dense network of mountain streams and hollows recorded shortly after the Second World War. Wellendorf Station stands as a focal point for the Wellendorf Branch, part of a drainage system that includes Straight Creek and the Driftwood Branch. The landscape's topography is revealed through a series of named hollows, including the curiously named Naval Hollow and Devils Hole, alongside family-named features like Lockwood Hol and Bitzman Hol.

This area, covering parts of Sergeant, Jones, and Benzinger townships, shows the rugged Pennsylvania backcountry before modern development. Notable local landmarks like Boy Scout Hollow and Bull Wheel Hol suggest a history of recreation and early industrial activity integrated into the timber-heavy terrain. The map's detailed hydrology, including Windfall Run and Billy Buck Run, provides a precise record of the watershed in the late 1940s.