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1951 Map of Red Bluff East

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Red Bluff East
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1965
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1965

About this map

Red Bluff serves as the focal point of this 1951 topographic survey, situated at a strategic bend of the Sacramento River where the Southern Pacific railroad parallels the western bank. The landscape is a complex network of seasonal drainages and irrigation infrastructure, including the Irrigation Canal and a Diversion Dam that support the surrounding agricultural tracts. The map details the civic development of the era, from the centrally located County Fair Grounds to a series of educational institutions like Union High Sch and Bidwell Jr High Sch.

South of the main settlement, the Bidwell Airport and the historic Oak Hill Cem mark the transition toward the larger land grants of Rio De Los Berrendos and La Barranca Colorada. Smaller rural schools, such as Antelope Sch and Orchard Park Sch, are scattered through the eastern flats, indicating a distributed rural population tied to the river's fertile floodplain and the various sloughs, including Sand Slough and Beeler Slough.