Tower Peak California USGS 15-Min Topo Map 1972 Vintage

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Tower Peak California USGS 15-Min Topo Map 1972 Vintage

$40

This USGS 15-minute topographic sheet is a 1956 edition printed in 1972, and it is in excellent condition: never folded, smooth and flat, with a flawless map area and a clean collar showing no markings or wear. The quad sits along the northern boundary of Yosemite National Park in the high Sierra where Mono and Tuolumne counties meet, taking in Tower Peak itself along with portions of Toiyabe and Stanislaus National Forests and the Yosemite and Hoover Wilderness areas. With 80-foot contours mapping rugged backcountry well above treeline, it shows a stretch of the range with no towns, only granite peaks and alpine terrain. It is printed on thick stock, and having never been folded it lies flat.

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SKU: 868 Categories: 15 Minute, California

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MAP DETAILS
TITLE	Tower Peak
STATE	California
LOCATION	Yosemite National Park, 30 miles east of Mi-Wuk Village
SERIES	15-minute
SURVEYED	1955 and 1956 Aerial and Field Survey
EDITION	1956
PRINTED	1972
PRINT NOTES	Thick paper stock, includes woodland tint (green to indicate vegetated areas)
SCALE	1:62500
CONTOUR INTERVAL	80 feet
SHEET DIMENSIONS	18 x 22 inches
MAP DIMENSIONS	13 3/4 x 17 1/2 inches
COVERAGE AREA	14 x 17 miles
SHEET CONDITION For maps of this vintage, effort is made to note all visible flaws, no matter how minor.
OVERALL CONDITION	Excellent
SHEET NOTES	very lightly handled, never folded, smooth and flat
MAP AREA	flawless map area
COLLARS	no wear or tears, no markings, no blemishes
MAP COVERAGE Quadrangle extent overlaid on current basemap.

PLACENAMES Depending on map series and survey date, all of the features listed below may not be shown on this map. This list contains features that currently exist or historically existed within the area covered by the map. The list can be used as a reference to determine if this map covers your area of interest. Placenames are listed alphabetically next to each feature type.
COUNTIES COVERED	Mono and Tuolumne
FEDERAL LAND UNITS	Emigrant Wilderness, Hoover Wilderness, Stanislaus National Forest, Toiyabe National Forest, Yosemite National Park, and Yosemite Wilderness
RIVERS AND STREAMS	Bartlett Creek, Breeze Creek, Buck Meadow Creek, Cascade Creek, East Fork Cherry Creek, Falls Creek, Frog Creek, Grouse Creek, Kendrick Creek, Kennedy Creek, Kirkwood Creek, North Fork Cherry Creek, Piute Creek, Rancheria Creek, Relief Creek, Spring Creek, Summit Creek, Tilden Canyon Creek, Tilden Creek, Tiltill Creek, West Fork West Walker River, and West Walker River
WATER BODIES	Buck Lakes, Cora Lake, Dorothy Lake, Emigrant Meadow Lake, Fraser Lakes, Grizzly Lake, Lake Harriet, Lewis Lakes, Long Lake, Lower Long Lake, Mary Lake, Middle Emigrant Lake, Ridge Lake, and Lake Ruth
Locations: Montezuma Mine, Piute Cabin, and Sheep Camp. Mountains, Peaks, and Summits: Acker Peak, Andrews Peak, Bigelow Peak, Black Hawk Mountain, Chittenden Peak, Craig Peak, Ehrnbeck Peak, Forsyth Peak, Granite Dome, Grizzly Peak, Hawksbeak Peak, Haystack Peak, Kendrick Peak, Kennedy Peak, Keyes Peak, Mahan Peak, Michie Peak, Molo Mountain, Piute Mountain, Price Peak, Relief Peak, Richardson Peak, Sachse Monument, Schofield Peak, Snow Peak, Tiltill Mountain, Tower Peak, Wells Peak, and Wheeler Peak. Valleys and Canyons: Jack Main Canyon, Kerrick Canyon, Long Canyon, Stubblefield Canyon, Thompson Canyon, Tilden Canyon, and Tower Canyon. Drainages: Cascade Creek, Kirkwood Creek, Relief Creek, Tilden Canyon Creek, and Tilden Creek. Lakes and Ponds: Avonelle Lake, Andrews Lake, Anna Lake, Ardeth Lake, Arndt Lake, Bear Lake, Beartrap Lake, Bearup Lake, Benson Lake, Big Island Lake, Bigelow Lake, Black Bear Lake, Black Hawk Lake, Blackbird Lake, Bonnie Lake, Branigan Lake, Buck Lakes, Chain of Lakes, Cinko Lake, Cora Lake, Cow Meadow Lake, Dorothy Lake, Edith Lake, Emigrant Lake, Emigrant Meadow Lake, Fawn Lake, Fisher Lakes, Fraser Lakes, Frog Lake, Grizzly Lake, Lake Harriet, Lake Helen, High Emigrant Lake, Huckleberry Lake, Iceland Lake, Kirkwood Lake, Letora Lake, Lewis Lakes, Little Otter Lake, Lost Lake, Lower Long Lake, Mahan Lake, Mary Lake, Maxwell Lake, Middle Branigan Lake, Middle Emigrant Lake, Miwok Lake, Mosquito Lake, Murdock Lake, Olive Lake, Otter Lake, Peninsula Lake, Ridge Lake, Lake Ruth, Sardella Lake, Shallow Lake, Snow Lake, Stella Lake, Tilden Lake, Tower Lake, Twin Lakes, Upper Branigan Lake, Upper Long Lake, Upper Peninsula Lake, Lake Vernon, W Lake, and Wilma Lake. Waterfalls: Cascade Falls. Dams: Bigelow Lake 1-026 Dam, Buck Lake Dam, Emigrant Lake Dam, High Emigrant Lake 1-027 Dam, Long Lake Dam, Lower Buck Lake 1-025 Dam, Middle Emigrant Dam, and Snowlake Dam. Gaps: Bond Pass, Brown Bear Pass, Dorothy Lake Pass, Emigrant Pass, Piute Pass, and Seavey Pass. Basins: Bear Valley. Ridges: Bailey Ridge, Macomb Ridge, Moraine Ridge, and Saurian Crest. Reservoirs and Tanks: Buck Lake, Emigrant Lake, Horse Meadow Reservoir, Middle Emigrant Lake, and Snowlake Reservoir. Flats: Emigrant Meadow, Grace Meadow, Grizzly Meadow, Horse Meadow, Lower Piute Meadows, Lunch Meadow, Saucer Meadow, Summit Meadow, Upper Piute Meadows, and Walker Meadows.
SHIPPING AND RETURNS
This map sheet will be carefully rolled in a sturdy tube and shipped via the US Postal Service. If you find that the sheet you receive is not as described in the listing, you may ship it back to us for a refund of the purchase price.

This vintage sheet is a 1956 edition of the Tower Peak California USGS topographic map. It is an original 54-year-old 1972 United States Geological Survey print in excellent condition.

HOW THIS MAP CAN BE USED
In addition to making a fascinating conversation piece, this sheet would look great in a frame or on display, make a unique and prized gift for anyone interested in this area, be perfect as a reference for genealogy studies or general historical research, or fill that missing piece in your collection. Maps of this vintage are printed on durable stock and are well-suited for outdoor activities and recreation of all kinds, including hiking, backpacking, hunting, rafting and kayaking, backcountry skiing, geocaching, general exploration, treasure hunting, etc.

FEATURES SHOWN ON THE MAP
The Tower Peak 15-minute map shows cities and towns, roads, railroads, utilities and energy infrastructure, rivers, creeks, elevation contour lines, public land survey lines, county, state, and other administrative boundaries as they existed at the time of the survey in 1955 and 1956. All known structures (houses, businesses, churches, schools, barns, cabins, etc) are also shown.

A VALUABLE HISTORICAL RECORD
Maps from the 15-minute series for the continental United States are no longer produced or printed by the USGS and original prints are becoming increasingly difficult to find. They are a valuable historical record for an area, as they contain many placenames and features that have been dropped from more recent maps.