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1931 Map of Rio Bravo

Name: 1931 Topographic Map of Rio Bravo
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1943
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1943

About this map

Shafter and the small outpost of Rio Bravo anchor this San Joaquin Valley landscape during a period of agricultural expansion and industrial development. The area is defined by a rigid grid of north-south avenues, including Magnolia Avenue and Beech Avenue, which intersect major transit corridors like Seventh Standard Road. A prominent Power Transmission Line cuts west across the terrain, reflecting the infrastructure growth required to support the region's increasing energy needs in the late 1920s.

Energy production is explicitly noted by an Oil Pumping Station located along the Southern Pacific tracks, just north of the Mc Kittrick Bakersfield Highway. Local rural life is evidenced by the placement of the Poplar Sch and Rio Bravo Sch, which served the families clustered near the Rio Bravo Store. This survey captures the transition from open valley floor to a structured economy of rail, roads, and utilities.