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1931 Map of Wheatville

Name: 1931 Topographic Map of Wheatville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1950
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1950

About this map

Wheatville and its surrounding agricultural landscape dominate this central Fresno County terrain as it appeared during the late 1920s. The region is defined by an intricate network of irrigation infrastructure essential to San Joaquin Valley farming, including the Stinson Canal, Crescent Ditch, and Laguna Ditch. These man-made waterways interact with the natural course of the Fresno Slough, which meanders through the northeastern corner of the quadrangle.

A rigid grid of named thoroughfares like Mt Whitney Avenue, Lassen Avenue, and Siskiyou Avenue illustrates the early 20th-century systematic partitioning of the valley floor for large-scale cultivation. Surveyed by J.L. Lewis, the map captures a period when Coalinga Road served as a primary artery connecting remote agricultural outposts to larger regional hubs. The placement of individual farmsteads and bench marks along these routes offers specific data points for those researching early California land development and family farming history.