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1969 Map of Denair

Name: 1969 Topographic Map of Denair
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1971
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1971

About this map

Stanislaus State College and the northern reaches of Turlock anchor the southern portion of this Central Valley survey, documenting a landscape defined by intensive irrigation and rail transport. The agricultural grid is partitioned by a network of waterways, including the Ceres Main Canal, Turlock Main Canal, and several numbered laterals like Upper Lateral No 2. These systems draw from the Tuolumne River which winds through the northern edge of the map near Hickman and Fox Grove Park.

Transportation corridors shape the growth of local settlements, with the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad cutting diagonally through Denair and the Southern Pacific line serving the industrial and residential core of Turlock. Local history is preserved in the location of several community institutions, from the Denair Cem and Emanuel Hospital to a variety of rural and town schools such as Union High Sch and Crowell Sch.