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1967 Map of Las Vegas SE

Name: 1967 Topographic Map of Las Vegas SE
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1984
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1984

About this map

Henderson and East Las Vegas anchor this mid-1960s landscape, which captures a critical period of urban expansion into the desert. Purple-tinted revisions from the early 1980s highlight the rapid sprawl spreading toward Whitney Mesa and across the Duck Creek drainage. The map reveals the industrial and transport foundations of the valley, featuring the Clark County Industrial Plant Area and the extensive grounds of McCarran International Airport.

Local landmarks such as St Viator Sch, the Paradise Valley Country Club, and various community hubs like Harlow County Park illustrate the social development of these growing neighborhoods. Evidence of the region's extractive activity is found in numerous Gravel Pits and Gravel Prospects scattered along the Union Pacific rail corridor. Water management is a central theme, shown through the network of the Las Vegas Wash and several pumping and sewage facilities necessary to support the desert population.