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1995 Map of Ballinger Canyon

Name: 1995 Topographic Map of Ballinger Canyon
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2000
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2000

About this map

The San Andreas Rift Zone slices through this high-desert landscape where the Caliente Range meets the Cuyama Valley. This 1995 revision reveals a complex intersection of land management and historical claims, most notably the Cuyama Grant (Heirs of Cesario Lataillade), which preserves the footprint of a mid-19th-century Mexican land grant. The terrain is marked by the steep descents of Grocer Grade and the wide, arid wash of Ballinger Canyon.

Conservation boundaries dominate the eastern half of the map, including the Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuge and the northern reaches of the Los Padres National Forest. Small ranching-related outposts like Adobe and Padrone sit at the base of the mountains, while the convergence of Kern, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura counties highlights the region's position as a remote four-county junction.