1970 Map of Biggs

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The Thermalito Afterbay dominates the northern landscape of this Butte County region, illustrating the massive water management infrastructure essential to the Sacramento Valley's agricultural economy. This 1970s record shows a highly engineered environment where the Feather River is buffered by the Oroville Wildlife Area and extensive Dredge Tailings, remnants of earlier resource extraction. The towns of Biggs and Richvale are centers of a vast irrigation network, defined by named waterways like the Main Canal, Cherokee Canal, and Hamilton Slough.