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1964 Map of Malaga

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of Malaga
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1974
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1974

About this map

The southeastern edge of Fresno and its surrounding agricultural valley appear here in a period of significant suburban expansion. Urban growth, highlighted by 1972 revisions, pushes toward Sunnyside and Goldleaf, while older settlements like Malaga and Calwa remain defined by their proximity to the heavy rail corridors of the Southern Pacific and the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe. The landscape is a complex grid of irrigation and transport, where the Central Canal and American Canal weave between orchards and vineyards.

Institutional footprints are prominent, including the Pacific College campus, the US Dept Agriculture Horticultural Field Station, and multiple regional schools like Roosevelt High Sch and Marshall Sch. The southern portion of the map is anchored by the town of Fowler, reflecting the central San Joaquin Valley's mid-century character as a hub of both large-scale agriculture and burgeoning residential development.