2015 Map of Sausalito School

About this map

Saucelito sits within a rigid grid of agricultural roads in the Central Valley, anchoring a landscape defined by industrial-scale irrigation and flat fertile plains. The settlement is marked by the namesake Sausalito School, situated at the intersection of Avenue 104 and Road 176. This portion of the San Joaquin Valley is shaped by massive water infrastructure, most notably the Friant-Kern Canal which cuts diagonally across the southern township lines. The natural hydrology of Deer Creek meanders across this artificial grid, illustrating the layering of modern water management over older natural drainages. For local historians, the map preserves the exact layout of the vast section lines and numbered avenues that have organized this farming region since the early twentieth century.