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2012 Map of Turlock

Name: 2012 Topographic Map of Turlock
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2012
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2012

About this map

Agricultural operations and water management systems dominate this San Joaquin Valley landscape south of Turlock. The southern portion of the sheet is defined by the winding course of the Merced River, which is flanked by an intricate network of irrigation channels including the Garibaldi Lateral and Riverside Ditch. This infrastructure supports a heavy concentration of local family-named dairy operations such as Nylund Dairy Number 1, Nyman Brothers Dairy, and the Bettencourt and Marson Dairy.

The settlement of Irwin appears as a residential pocket amidst the surrounding farmlands, while the Turlock Airpark and T J Ranch Duck Farm indicate specialized land uses on the city's outskirts. This survey captures the region's mid-20th-century transition into a highly engineered agricultural hub, evidenced by the numbered lateral canals like Lateral Number Six and Lateral Number Seven that segment the flat terrain into productive parcels.