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1965 Map of Balls Ferry

Name: 1965 Topographic Map of Balls Ferry
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1975
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1975

About this map

The Sacramento River meanders through this portion of Northern California, marking the historical and physical boundary between the Shasta Co and Tehama Co. This 1965 field-checked survey reveals a landscape of early settlement and regional memory, anchored by the Fort Reading Historical Marker and the Reading Adobe Historical Marker near the river's edge. The small community of Balls Ferry sits alongside the water, where several siphons and an aqueduct system indicate the agricultural infrastructure necessary for the surrounding plains.

Upstream, the confluence of several waterways including Cow Creek, Bear Creek, and Ash Creek defines the local topography. Genealogical interest is concentrated near the settlement of Parkville, where the Parkville School and Parkville Cemetery are located along the winding Parkville Road. Further south, the map details the early modern utility of the land with the Dymesich Airstrip and the Coleman Fish Hatchery Campground near the banks of Battle Creek.