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1947 Map of Marina

Name: 1947 Topographic Map of Marina
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1995
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1995

About this map

Fort Ord Military Reservation dominates the southern landscape of this coastal survey, where the Santa Lucia Range meets the shoreline of Monterey Bay. The map captures the infrastructure of mid-century military life alongside the agricultural and industrial corridors of the Salinas River valley. To the north, the Salinas National Wildlife Refuge preserves the river mouth near Neponset, while the Southern Pacific railroad line tracks the coast, serving specialized industrial spurs like Lapis Siding and Giglio Siding.

Local development is clustered around the growing community of Marina, with institutional anchors such as Stilwell Sch and Hayes Sch providing social structure for the area's residents. Topographic details reveal the transition from the sandy reaches of Indian Head Beach to the high ground of Artillery Hill and Parker Flats, illustrating how the natural terrain dictated the layout of the military installation and the surrounding land grants like Rincon De Las Salinas.