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1949 Map of Encinitas

Name: 1949 Topographic Map of Encinitas
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1949
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1949

About this map

Coastal settlements along the Gulf of Santa Catalina are defined by the linear progress of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad and the Coast Highway in this late 1940s survey. The landscape is punctuated by significant tidal features, including Batiquitos Lagoon to the north and San Elijo Lagoon at the southern edge, which hem in the growing communities of Leucadia, Encinitas, and Cardiff-by-the-Sea.

Further inland, the map shows the transition from the beach bluffs to the agricultural and drainage patterns of the Green Encinitas Valley and Lux Canyon. Public infrastructure of the era is represented by the San Dieguito Union H. S. and the Beacon, while the eastern boundary is marked by the historical limits of the Los Encinitos (Rancho Santa Fe) Boundary, reflecting the region's transition from old land grants to mid-century suburban development.