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1995 Map of Newhall

Name: 1995 Topographic Map of Newhall
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1999
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1999

About this map

The Santa Clara River valley in northern Los Angeles County shows a landscape of rapid suburbanization alongside deep-rooted industrial and agricultural history. By the mid-1990s, the master-planned communities of Valencia and Santa Clarita appear fully integrated with older settlements like Saugus and Newhall. This transition is evident in the proximity of modern institutions like the California Institute of the Arts and Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital to the rugged foothills of the Santa Susana Mountains.

The presence of the Newhall Oil Field and various oil wells along the Golden State Freeway serves as a reminder of the region's petroleum heritage. To the north, the Wayside Honor Rancho occupies a significant tract of land near the Castaic Lagoon State Recreation Area, while the Southern Pacific rail lines continue to trace the canyon floors, following the same natural corridors as the seasonal Bouquet and San Francisquito Canyon washes.