2012 Map of Plaster City

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Plaster City and Dixieland anchor the southern reaches of the Imperial Valley in this 2012 survey, where the arid expanse of the Yuha Desert meets a complex network of agricultural irrigation. The landscape is defined by the sharp transition between the open West Mesa and the engineered waterways essential to local industry and farming. Traces of the region's deeper history are visible in the Old Overland Stage Rte, which cuts across the dry Coyote Wash. The eastern portion of the map reveals a dense infrastructure of named agricultural channels, including the Westside Main Canal and the Foxglove Canal, alongside uniquely named drainage systems such as the Forget-Me-Not Drain. These features reflect the 20th-century transformation of the desert through controlled water management, connecting small industrial hubs like Plaster City to the wider valley economy via the Evan Hewes Hwy.