1994 Map of West Mountain

Settlement patterns in the early 1990s are concentrated along the Genola corporate boundary and the rail-side operations at Payson Sta. The eastern flats are a network of drainage and irrigation, where Benjamin Slough, Beer Creek, and Spring Creek wind through fields dotted with flowing wells and storage bins. The presence of the Union Pacific railroad and numerous levees along the lakefront underscores the region's historical efforts to reclaim and utilize the fertile but marshy bottomlands.