1922 Map of Shasta Valley Sheet No 9

About this map

Moffit Mill stands at the northern edge of this high-altitude landscape in the early 1920s, a period when the Klamath-Shasta Valley Irrigation District and the U.S. Reclamation Service were actively surveying the region's complex topography. This specific sheet, produced as an advance copy subject to correction, focuses on the elevation contours of the terrain surrounding Weed, capturing a moment when industrial and agricultural water interests were shaping the development of the valley. The map documents a singular industrial point in a landscape primarily defined by its extreme relief and drainage patterns, providing a precise record of local geography as it was understood before later 20th-century developments altered the infrastructure.