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2012 Map of Reward

Name: 2012 Topographic Map of Reward
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2012
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2012

About this map

Reward sits at the heart of this industrial and pastoral landscape in Kern County, where the infrastructure of the California oil industry meets historic ranching lands. The map documents an area heavily influenced by petroleum extraction, with sites for Standard Oil, Tidewater Associated Oil, Union Oil, and Welport Oil punctuating the terrain. This industrial footprint is balanced by a network of family-held lands, including the A M Cooper Ranch and the Old Cooper Ranch.

The physical geography is defined by deep canyons and dry valleys, such as Pottinger Canyon, Mama Pottinger Canyon, and Wood Canyon, which carve through the Temblor Valley and Willow Springs Valley. Rare water sources like Frazer Spring and Sulphur Spring provide critical landmarks in this arid environment. A network of local roads, including Reward Rd and the Reward Loop, connects these disparate oil operations and ranch outposts, tracing the mid-century development of the Temblor Range's eastern foothills.