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1952 Map of Kurand

Name: 1952 Topographic Map of Kurand
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1953
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1953

About this map

Kurand sits at the eastern edge of a rugged transition between the Sacramento Valley and the Coast Range foothills, as seen in this 1952 remapping of a 1904 survey. The landscape is defined by the sharp contrast between the flatlands along the Southern Pacific Railroad Dismantled line and the deeply carved drainages of Stone Gulch and Salt Hollow. Water management is central to the area's utility, marked by numerous windmills, wells, and a small Reservoir with a spillway tucked into the hills.

Local history is preserved in the location of the French Ranch and a small cemetery located south of Willow Creek. The drainage patterns, including White Cabin Creek, French Creek, and Sheep Creek, highlight the seasonal water flow that dictated the placement of early ranching infrastructure. This document serves as an important record of the physical and logistical landscape before modern agricultural shifts altered the footprint of small settlements like Kurand.