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Humor on the Map

Funny, smutty, and real places on USGS Topographic maps

All the places in this blog are actual place names on official United States Geological Survey (USGS) topographic maps. Look ‘em up if you don’t believe me! All the maps are unretouched.

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Appendicitis Hill, Butte County, Idaho

Sounds like no fun for anyone involved!

Appendicitis Hill, Butte County, Idaho

Refers to an actual case of appendicitis suffered by a surveyor there.

https://www.idahoaclimbingguide.com/bookupdates/appendicitis-hill/

Posted on January 15, 2022Categories Yuck!Leave a comment on Appendicitis Hill, Butte County, Idaho

Goop Spring, Klamath County OR

Goop Spring, Klamath County OR

Hey, what is this GOOP doing in the springwater?

Either there was something goopy in the spring, or possibly derived from a native word (in traditional Klamath territory).

 

Posted on August 10, 2018July 27, 2020Categories Yuck!Leave a comment on Goop Spring, Klamath County OR

Maggotty Creek and Stinking River, VA

Which name would be better for our new subdivision?

Maggotty Creek, joining Stinking River, in Pittsylvania County VA

Origin:  Maggotty may be a surname, river probably was stinking (dead fish, or sulpher, or something like that?).

 

Posted on April 7, 2017June 14, 2018Categories Yuck!Leave a comment on Maggotty Creek and Stinking River, VA

Booger Hollow Arkansas

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Toad Suck Arkansas

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Stink Hole Colorado

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Stink and Smell Creeks North Carolina

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Blackhead and Whitehead Maine

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Ugly Mountain West Virginia

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Skol Pouch Run Ohio

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Roach Cemetery Illinois

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Cockroach Bay Florida

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Arsenic Canyon Oregon

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Choke-to-death Butte Montana

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Pickens Nose North Carolina

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