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1968 Map of Farmington

Name: 1968 Topographic Map of Farmington
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1971
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1971

About this map

Farmington serves as the focal point of this late-1960s landscape, positioned where the Southern Pacific railroad meets Littlejohns Creek. The most striking geographical transformation is the Farmington Flood Control Basin, which dominates the eastern half of the map. This area, managed by the Farmington Dam, shows extensive zones of controlled inundation where the creek and its tributaries merge into the basin.

Agricultural and industrial activity is evidenced by a Gravel Pit and Borrow Pit near the dam, while the northern reaches retain remnants of earlier infrastructure like the Old Railroad Grade. Small settlements such as Hoods and Simmons sit near the Stanislaus River at the bottom of the sheet, providing points of interest for those tracing the development of this San Joaquin and Stanislaus county border region. Long-established roads, including Sonora Road and Waverly Road, grid the terrain, connecting isolated ranch sites and wells across the valley floor.