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1967 Map of Taylor Monument

Name: 1967 Topographic Map of Taylor Monument
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1980
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1980

About this map

The Sacramento River and its complex system of levees and canals dominate this landscape at the intersection of Sacramento, Sutter, and Yolo Counties. In the late 1960s, the newly established Sacramento Metropolitan Airport appears as a massive modern addition to the pastoral American Basin, contrasting with the older agricultural infrastructure of the American Basin Canal and North Main Canal.

Tracing the river south past the Elkhorn Boulevard crossing, the map reveals localized settlements such as Kiesel and Beatrice, alongside the Sacramento Northern railroad line. The presence of the Taylor Monument near a sharp bend in the river and the Natomas Sch reflect the long-standing farming communities that predated the suburban expansion of Sacramento. Water management is central to the area's layout, evidenced by the Yolo Bypass and the Prichard Lake Pumping Station.