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1953 Map of Blackwells Corner

Name: 1953 Topographic Map of Blackwells Corner
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1976
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1976

About this map

The North Belridge Oil Field and its surrounding energy infrastructure dominate this mid-century look at the southern San Joaquin Valley. This survey captures a landscape defined by industrial development, where a dense network of pipelines, oil tanks, and oil wells spreads across the Antelope Plain. The settlement of North Belridge serves as a central hub for these operations, supported by critical infrastructure like the North Belridge Pumping Sta and the Middlewater Pumping Station to the south.

Beyond the primary fields, the map details the geological and industrial reach into the Antelope Hills and the McDonald Anti-Cline. Smaller outposts and landmarks such as Blackwells Corner and Lonewell provide navigational points in a terrain otherwise occupied by the Antelope Hills Oil Field and the South Belridge Oil Field. The 1973 revisions noted in purple suggest a period of continued expansion and modification in these essential California oil lands.