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1953 Map of Bachelor Mtn

Name: 1953 Topographic Map of Bachelor Mtn
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1990
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1990

About this map

Skinner Reservoir dominates the center of this landscape, its water levels reflecting early 1970s additions to a terrain defined by older ranching and agricultural patterns. The water management infrastructure is prominent, including the San Diego Aqueduct cutting north-to-south across French Valley. In the surrounding hills and canyons, symbols of local education appear in transition, such as the Alamos Sch and the noted Hyatt Sch (Aband) near the Warren Road alignment.

The map reveals the physical geography of the Pauba Valley and Auld Valley, where drainage like Tucalota Creek and Santa Gertrudis Creek carve through the basin. Between the peaks of Bachelor Mtn and Black Mtn, small-scale industrial activity is evidenced by Quarries and scattered windmills, marking a time when the region was shifting from rural ranchland to a critical node for Southern California water distribution.