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1947 Map of Point Sal

Name: 1947 Topographic Map of Point Sal
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1959
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1959

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The Southern Pacific railroad corridor anchors the coastal economy of this 1940s Santa Barbara County landscape, connecting agricultural hubs like Guadalupe and the industrial sugar-processing center of Betteravia. Large Mexican-era land grants, including Jesus Maria and Todos Santos y San Antonio, define the underlying property boundaries that persist alongside newer developments like the sprawling Camp Cooke Military Reservation.

Coastal geography is dominated by the shifting Sand Dunes stretching from Purisima Point toward Mussel Rock, and the prominent heights of Point Sal Ridge and Mt Lospe. This survey provides a look at the mid-century transition of the Santa Maria valley, where intensive agriculture at Bonita Sch and the Oil Field operations near the Purisima Hills stand in contrast to the coastal canyons at Shuman Canyon and Corralitos Canyon.