
Buena Vista Lake dominates the center of this 1944 War Department survey, reflecting the landscape as it appeared just before the mid-century. This area of the San Joaquin Valley is defined by its strategic energy resources, featuring the extensive Naval Petroleum Reserve No 1 and Naval Petroleum Reserve No 2 tucked into the Elk Hills and Buena Vista Hills.
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1910 · Buena Vista Lake
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1912 · Buena Vista Lake
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1929 · Stevens
USGS Topo · 1:31,680
1929 · Coles Levee
USGS Topo · 1:31,680
1929 · Mouth of Kern
USGS Topo · 1:31,680
1930 · Millux
USGS Topo · 1:31,680
1931 · Pentland Junction
USGS Topo · 1:31,680
1931 · Hayes Ranch
USGS Topo · 1:31,680
1932 · East Elk Hills
USGS Topo · 1:31,680
1932 · Mouth of Kern
USGS Topo · 1:31,680