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1959 Map of Port Chicago

Name: 1959 Topographic Map of Port Chicago
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1960
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1960

About this map

Industrial shoreline and tidal marshlands dominate this mid-century survey of the Contra Costa County waterfront. The massive Naval Reservation and Mt Diablo Naval Reservation occupy significant acreage alongside established towns like Martinez and the village of Port Chicago. The map captures a landscape defined by heavy industry and vital transport corridors, showing an extensive Oil Refinery at Mococo, the Monsanto plant, and the sprawling rail network of the Southern Pacific and Sacramento Northern.

North across the Carquinez Strait, the terrain shifts to the complex waterways of Suisun Bay and Grizzly Bay. Here, small settlements like Bahia and isolated outposts such as Morrow Island Farm are surrounded by a network of sloughs and levees. Local genealogists will find value in the specific locations of Mt View School, the John Muir Sch, and Memory Gardens Cemetery during a period of significant regional growth.