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1967 Map of Reno

Name: 1967 Topographic Map of Reno
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1976
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1976

About this map

The Truckee River and Southern Pacific railroad corridor anchor this mid-1960s survey of the Nevada landscape, documenting a period of rapid urbanization. Urban expansion is visible through purple revisions in Sun Valley and the northern reaches of Reno and Sparks. The map illustrates the transition from a resource-based economy to a regional service and transportation hub, as evidenced by the proximity of the US Bureau of Mines and several active mining sites like the Reno Mizpah Mine to the growing Reno International Airport.

Institutional and community landmarks are densely clustered in the city center, including the Nevada State Hospital, Pioneer Auditorium, and numerous schools such as Wooster High Sch and St Marys Hospital Sch. To the north, the geography opens into Lemmon Valley and Panther Valley, where an old railroad grade and settlements like Black Springs suggest the earlier industrial and residential patterns that predated the modern highway network.