Set of annotated USGS topographic search-area maps, Ariel/La Center, Washington

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Original title: Set of annotated USGS topographic search-area maps, Ariel/La Center/Woodland, Washington

Part 60pages 324–3263 pagesDB Cooper-25009–25011

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Document: Set of annotated USGS topographic search-area maps, Ariel/La Center, Washington
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 60 pp. 324–326 (DB Cooper-25009–25011), Map — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-60%3A324-326

[Top left corner, partially obscured:] FAR CHART AT ONE WASHINGTON

[Hand-drawn annotations on map:] NEW COURSE (with arrow pointing right/north) OLD COURSE (with arrow pointing left/south) OLD POINT A (center-lower area) NEW POINT A (lower-left area)

[Lettered grid markers visible:] B, C, D, E, J, M, N, O, R, U [Numbered section markers visible:] 12, 13, 26, 29, 28, 33, 35

[Bottom right corner stamp/text:] DB Cooper-25009

[This is a topographic map with no continuous prose text. The following labels are visible on the map:]

Schumaker Mountain Clover Valley Sch Cedar Creek School Pine Grove Etna Highland Highland Cem La Center Ariel View [guess: Gravel Pit]

Section numbers visible: 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34 Grid numbers along right edge: 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, [guess: 85], [guess: 89], [guess: 00]

Route marker: (15)

Overlaid text in large hand-drawn letters across center-right of map: 1ST TERRAIN SEARCH AREA

Stamp at bottom-right corner: DB Cooper-25010

Topographic map showing USGS-style contour lines and township/range grid. Visible section numbers: 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34 Grid row numbers along right edge: 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 86, [guess: 87], 89, 90 Elevation contours visible (e.g., 200, 400, 600, 1000, 1200)

Labeled features: - Schumaker Mountain (upper left) - Clover Valley Sch. (left side) - Gravel Pit (left side) - Cedar Creek School (center-left) - Etna (center) - Highland (center-lower) - Bald Mtn (right of center) - Ariel (upper right area) - La Center (bottom left) - Zion [guess: Cent] (bottom left area) - View (right side, near section 83)

Overlay annotations: - Large diagonal hatched/cross-hatched band running roughly NNW to SSE across the center of the map - Text overlaid in large letters across hatched area: "NO TERRAIN SEARCH" (partially visible at left edge and within hatched zone) - Label "ne G SEARCH" visible at left edge, likely part of annotation "NO TERRAIN SEARCH" or "GROUND SEARCH" - Dark diagonal lines (possibly flight path or search corridor boundaries) run parallel to the hatched band

Bottom right corner: DB Cooper-25011