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1966 Map of San Fernando

Name: 1966 Topographic Map of San Fernando
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1975
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1975

About this map

San Fernando and the northern reaches of the San Fernando Valley are shown here during a period of intense residential expansion and infrastructure development. The landscape is defined by its complex water management and transit networks, featuring the Los Angeles Aqueduct, the Pacoima Diversion Channel, and the large Hansen Dam Park (Flood Control Basin). The 1972 photo-revisions, shown in purple, reveal the rapidly growing urban footprint of neighborhoods like Pacoima and Sylmar, where new subdivisions and schools such as Sylmar High Sch and Haddon Ave Sch were filling in former agricultural lands.

Local history is anchored by institutions like the Historical Monument and the Seminary of Our Lady Queen of the Angels, while the foothills of the Angeles National Forest provide a sharp boundary to the north. Aviation history is also present through the San Fernando Airport and Whiteman Air Park, serving the valley before the full maturation of the regional freeway system, including the Foothill Freeway and Golden State Freeway.