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1965 Map of Fountain Springs

Name: 1965 Topographic Map of Fountain Springs
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1988
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1988

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Tennessee Ridge dominates the center of this mid-1960s survey, marking a stark division between the agricultural lowlands to the west and the rising slopes of Quedow Mtn to the east. Along the western edge, the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad corridor supports small agricultural hubs like Deer Creek Colony, where a local Cem and the Deer Creek Ditch indicate long-standing irrigation and settlement patterns in the San Joaquin Valley foothills.

To the southeast, the historic crossroads of Fountain Springs sits near the head of Fountain Springs Gulch. The presence of the County Road Camp near Hungry Hollow and various Quarries suggests the infrastructure work common to this era of Tulare County development. From the cattle ranching at Dennis Ranch to the remote Wiggletail Road, the map documents a landscape balancing industrial transport, managed water resources, and upland grazing.