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2000 Map of Tumey Hills

Name: 2000 Topographic Map of Tumey Hills
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2002
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2002

About this map

The boundary between Fresno and San Benito counties runs through this arid California interior, a landscape defined by the drainage of Panoche Creek and Tumey Gulch. This 2000 edition shows a territory of resource extraction and survey benchmarks, where the northern Panoche Hills meet the southern Tumey Hills. The rugged topography is punctuated by numerous Oil Wells and Prospects, particularly in the southern Vallecitos region, indicating a legacy of petroleum exploration and mining interest in the Diablo Range foothills.

Water management and surveying are central to the map's character, featuring a Gaging Station on Panoche Creek and high-elevation benchmarks like VABM Griswold 3100. The presence of Silver Creek and various pipelines suggests the complex infrastructure required to support activity in this dry terrain. This sheet provides a detailed view of the remote backcountry at the turn of the millennium, documenting the persistent industrial footprints across these county lines.