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1962 Map of Wallace

Name: 1962 Topographic Map of Wallace
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1971
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1971

About this map

Camanche Reservoir dominates the northern landscape of this 1962 survey, which documents the region just as the rising waters were set to transform the Mokelumne River valley. The map preserves the locations of early settlements like Camanche and Lancha Plana, as well as the numerous sandbars—Oregon Bar, Poverty Bar, and Winter Bar—that reflect the area's gold-mining heritage. Extensive dredge tailings along the river banks provide a physical record of industrial scale extraction that shaped the terrain.

Infrastructure for the growing state is evident in the Mokelumne Aqueduct and the Southern Pacific railroad corridor, which connects Wallace and Burson (Helisma Sta). Beyond the river valley, the land transitions to agricultural and ranching use, marked by landmarks such as Rocabella Ranch and Goodmans Corner. The survey also captures rural outposts like the Bald Mtn Station, illustrating the transition from river-bottom mining to upland ranching.