2021 Map of Charleston School

About this map

The San Joaquin Valley floor meets the rising slopes of the Diablo Range in this detailed survey of Merced County agricultural lands. The landscape is defined by an intricate network of water management systems designed for large-scale irrigation and transit, including the massive Governor Edmund G Brown California Aqueduct and the Delta-Mendota Canal. These artificial waterways cut across the terrain alongside smaller channels like the Outside Canal and the Hamburg Intake Canal, illustrating the engineering required to sustain the valley's productivity. In the southeastern corner, Hamburg Farms serves as a primary point of human settlement amidst a grid of rural roads such as Cotton Gin Rd and W Eagle Field Rd. While the western portion of the map is dominated by the steep contours of the mountains and the drainage of Laguna Seca Cr, the eastern half remains a low-lying expanse of wetlands and sloughs, most notably the Camp Thirteen Slough.