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1938 Map of Cima Mesa

Name: 1938 Topographic Map of Cima Mesa
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1938
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1938

About this map

The San Andreas Rift Zone carves a distinct geological path across this 1930s landscape, marking the dramatic transition where the Antelope Valley meets the rising San Gabriel Mountains. This survey illustrates a sparsely settled region defined by high-desert ranching and water management, with Saunders Ranch and Stanton Ranch serving as primary landmarks. The presence of an Abandoned Ditch and numerous scattered labels for Well and Spring underscore the critical importance of water rights and irrigation in this arid environment.

Within the Angeles National Forest, the terrain grows increasingly complex as it climbs toward Pleasant View Ridge. Significant drainages like Little Rock Creek and Pallett Creek reveal the natural conduits that shaped early travel routes, such as the Fort Tejon Road. This map provides genealogists and land researchers a precise view of early twentieth-century property boundaries and family holdings on Cima Mesa before later suburban expansion.