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1987 Map of Yoncalla

Name: 1987 Topographic Map of Yoncalla
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1987
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1987

About this map

The Charles Applegate Home stands as a primary historical landmark in this Douglas County landscape, situated just north of the town of Yoncalla. The map documents a corridor of transit and settlement defined by the Yoncalla Creek drainage and the wide expanse of Pleasant Valley. These lowland areas contrast sharply with the surrounding uplands, including DeVore Mountain, Skull Mtn, and Green Ridge.

Tracing the transport routes reveals the importance of the narrow valley floor, where the Yoncalla railroad line and the modern path of I-5 parallel older routes like Highway 99. Further south, the map identifies small clusters of settlement at Rice Hill and the vicinity of Isadore. The distribution of features like the Sanitary Transfer Station and various quarries indicates a working landscape where timber and stone extraction intersect with rural residential life among the many drainages like Blackberry Canyon and Hayhurst Valley Creek.