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1949 Map of Wheatland

Name: 1949 Topographic Map of Wheatland
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1953
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1953

About this map

The Yuba River and Bear River define this landscape at the edge of the Sierra Nevada foothills, where the massive Camp Beale Military Reservation dominates the central and southern terrain. In this post-war era, the map captures the extensive industrial footprint of gold dredging near Hammonton and Marigold, where large fields of Tailings follow the river's course. These man-made landforms stand in contrast to the historical remnants of the Gold Rush, including the sites of Timbuctoo and Smartville near the Yuba River.

A notable historical layer is preserved through labels like Camp Far West (Historic Site) and Spenceville (Site), indicating settlements and outposts that had already faded by the late 1940s. Genealogists can locate family-named landmarks such as the Sid Smith Ranch and Durst Ranch, while the inclusion of the Dairy Farm Mine and Blue Point Mine highlights the transition from 19th-century resource extraction to the military and agricultural land use of the mid-20th century.