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1998 Map of Grass Valley

Name: 1998 Topographic Map of Grass Valley
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2002
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2002

About this map

Grass Valley and Nevada City anchor this late-twentieth-century landscape, which remains deeply defined by its hard-rock mining heritage even as suburban residential patterns like The Oaks and Glenbrook emerge. The map illustrates the transition from industrial extraction to historic preservation, most notably at the Empire Mine State Historic Park, where the legacy of the Empire Mine is maintained alongside active civic life at the nearby County Fairgrounds.

Institutional landmarks including St Marys Academy, Scotten Sch, and the Nevada County Hospital provide significant touchpoints for genealogists and local historians. The surrounding terrain is a network of ridges and ravines, from Osceola Ridge to French Ravine, with development following the historical paths of the Grass Valley Highway and Brunswick Road while passing through older settlements like Town Talk and Hills Flat.