1944 Map of Lockwood Valley
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1944 Map of Lockwood Valley

USGS Topo · Published 1944

About this map

Lockwood Valley serves as the central focal point for this wartime survey of the high mountain terrain in the Los Padres National Forest. The landscape is defined by its remote ranching outposts and wilderness infrastructure, notably the Thorn Meadows Guard Station and established homesteads like the Lazy T Ranch and Snedden Ranch. A complex drainage network including Lockwood Creek and the South Fork Piru Creek carves through the topography, reflecting a period when land use was split between private ranching and federal conservation efforts like the Game Refuge on Frazier Mountain. Genealogists and historians can trace old mountain routes and early dwellings such as the Kinkaid Cabin, which provide evidence of the isolated settlement patterns in Ventura County during the mid-1940s.


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Map Details

Date Portrayed1944
Date Published1944
PublisherU.S. Geological Survey
Map TypeTopographic
Scale1:31,680
Physical Dimensions17 x 21.6 inches

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This is the sole edition of this map. No revisions or reprints were ever made.


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