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1957 Map of Heber

Name: 1957 Topographic Map of Heber
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1977
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1977

About this map

The All American Canal and the New River define this arid borderland, where a dense network of irrigation channels like the Beech Canal and Dahlia Canal transformed the desert into a productive agricultural zone. Along the international boundary, Calexico serves as the primary hub, showing early infrastructure such as the Calexico Airport, a Border Patrol Observation Tower, and the Southern Pacific railroad line.

Further north, the community of Heber is surrounded by named drains and laterals that sustain the local landscape. The map reveals important social and civic markers of the mid-century, including the County Hospital, Mountain View Cem, and the Mt Signal Sch. To the west, the topography shifts abruptly into the Yuha Desert and Yuha Mesa, punctuated by the Naval Reservation and the prominent height of Mount Signal.