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1935 Map of Sylmar

Name: 1935 Topographic Map of Sylmar
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1944
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1944

About this map

The northern reaches of the Ex Mission San Fernando meet the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains in this mid-century topographic survey. The landscape is defined by a dense grid of residential and agricultural plots south of the Los Angeles City Boundary, where the community of Sylmar is anchored by the Southern Pacific railroad and major thoroughfares like Foothill Boulevard. To the north, the terrain rises sharply into the San Gabriel National Forest, carved by numerous drainages such as Placerita Canyon and Whitney Canyon.

Institutional footprints are prominent, including the large U S Veterans Bureau Reservation and the nearby Olive View complex featuring a Sanatorium and Hospital. The infrastructure of a growing metropolis is evident in the Upper San Fernando Reservoir and the extensive Transmission Line network cutting across the canyons. Specialized sites like the El Retiro School For Girls and the remote Rancho Sombrero provide specific points of interest for local historians studying the social and medical history of the San Fernando Valley's northern edge.