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1953 Map of Byron Hot Springs

Name: 1953 Topographic Map of Byron Hot Springs
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1969
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1969

About this map

Byron Hot Springs serves as a focal point for this landscape at the edge of the San Joaquin Valley, where the flatlands meet the rising elevations of Los Meganos and the Canada De Los Vaqueros. In the early 1950s, the area's infrastructure reflects a transition between agricultural irrigation and the growing energy needs of the state, evidenced by the Southern Pacific rail line and a network of pipelines and an aqueduct cutting through the terrain.

Water management is central to the geography, with the Irrigation Canal serving the northern plains while Kellogg Creek and Brushy Creek drain the southern hills toward the valley. The presence of an Oil Pumping Station and several Oil Tanks near the base of Camino Diablo indicates the industrial footprint of the era, while the small settlements of Byron and Kellogg anchor the local road network of Vasco Road and Dyer Road.