1975 Map of Citrus Heights

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Citrus Heights and the surrounding suburban reaches of Sacramento County are captured in this 1975 orthophotoquad, which uses aerial photography to detail the landscape's mid-decade expansion. The dense residential patterns of Carmichael and Fair Oaks dominate the southeastern portion of the sheet, revealing the intricate street networks and housing developments that defined this era of Northern California growth. In the south, the American River carves a distinctive natural boundary against the encroaching suburban sprawl. The map's photographic nature provides a clear view of the contrast between the established neighborhoods of North Highlands and the more organized grid-work of the central quadrangle, showing how transport corridors and agricultural remnants shaped the region's development during the mid-1970s.