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1952 Map of Peters

Name: 1952 Topographic Map of Peters
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1969
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1969

About this map

The Southern Pacific Railroad cuts a straight line through the agricultural heart of San Joaquin County, anchoring the settlement of Peters. This landscape is defined by its sophisticated water management and irrigation systems, evidenced by the Mormon Slough, Duck Creek, and a complex network of wells and pumps that support the surrounding fields. The southern portion of the map is marked by the Mt Diablo Base Line, a critical surveying reference point for California property records, near which Littlejohns Creek meanders toward the town of Farmington.

Tracing these rural roads reveals a history of local education at the Everett School and a collection of family-named thoroughfares like Murray Road and Van Allen Road. The intersection of rail and road at Peters, combined with features like Storage Bins and a Gravel Pit, illustrates a mid-century economy built on the transport and storage of local commodities. Purple revisions added in 1968 provide a secondary layer of information, documenting shifts in land use and drainage decades after the initial survey.