2015 Map of Conner SW

About this map

The San Emigdio Mountains rise sharply in the southern portion of this landscape, marking the rugged transition where the southern San Joaquin Valley meets the high country. This 2015 survey illustrates a highly engineered agricultural and water-management system, dominated by the massive Governor Edmund G Brown California Aqueduct and the Kern Ditch County Drain cutting horizontally across the terrain. These man-made water arteries support the Central Valley farming economy, which is further defined by a rigid grid of transit corridors including Copus Rd and Old River Rd. Natural drainage from the mountains, including San Emigdio Cr, Los Lobos Cr, and Muddy Cr, flows northward toward the basin, often channeled into the complex irrigation network that sustains the region's industrial-scale agriculture.