
The San Joaquin Valley landscape within the Central Valley is defined by a meticulous grid of agricultural infrastructure and irrigation waterways. This modern survey reveals the engineering required to sustain industrial-scale farming in Kings and Tulare counties. The movement of water is managed through a complex system of channels including the Lamberson Ditch, the prominent Main Canal, and smaller distribution points like Lateral F and Lateral B. In the southeast, the Homeland Canal cuts diagonally across the section lines, breaking the otherwise rigid north-south geometry of the local road network. These roads, from Salem Ave in the north to Center Ave in the south, provide the primary access for this rural interior, tracing a land pattern established by the Public Land Survey System.
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1914 · Lost Hills
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1927 · Lake View School
USGS Topo · 1:31,680
1928 · Corcoran
USGS Topo · 1:31,680
1929 · Alpaugh
USGS Topo · 1:31,680
1929 · Hacienda Ranch
USGS Topo · 1:31,680
1929 · West Alpaugh
USGS Topo · 1:31,680
1929 · Allensworth
USGS Topo · 1:31,680
1931 · Harvester
USGS Topo · 1:31,680
1932 · El Rico Ranch
USGS Topo · 1:31,680
1932 · Lone Tree Well
USGS Topo · 1:31,680