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1946 Map of Redding

Name: 1946 Topographic Map of Redding
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1946
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1946

About this map

Shasta Dam dominates the northern landscape of this mid-1940s survey, marking a transformative era for the Sacramento River and the surrounding region. Completed shortly before this edition, the dam and the rising Shasta Reservoir restructured the local geography, leading to the establishment of settlements like Summit City, Central Valley, and Project City. These worker-focused communities contrast with the older mining district to the west, where operations like the Uncle Sam Mine, Balaklala Mine, and Spread Eagle Mine speak to the area's extraction-heavy history.

Southward, the city of Redding serves as the regional hub, flanked by the Benton Airport and the Southern Pacific railroad corridor. The landscape transitions from the industry of Keswick Dam and Walker Mine to the agricultural expanse of the Stillwater Plains. Small rural schoolhouses like Union Sch and Columbia Sch provide important genealogical markers for families settled along Stillwater Creek and Churn Creek during this postwar period.