2012 Map of Buena Vista Lake Bed

About this map

The Buena Vista Lake Bed dominates this landscape in the southern San Joaquin Valley, where an extensive network of irrigation and water management infrastructure defines the modern geography. The Governor Edmund G Brown California Aqueduct cuts a prominent path across the terrain, reflecting the massive scale of 20th-century water engineering projects required to sustain the region's agricultural economy. This 2012 survey illustrates how the former lakebed has been transformed into a grid of managed land and canals, such as the Outlet Canal. Local transit and access are facilitated by a systematic road network, including family-named and utilitarian routes like Lake Station Rd and Gardner Field Rd. While natural features like Sandy Creek and Buena Vista Cr remain, they are integrated into a highly modified environment of valleys and drainage systems.