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1959 Map of Wildwood School

Name: 1959 Topographic Map of Wildwood School
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1974
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1974

About this map

Wildwood School and the small siding at Harrington define the agricultural landscape along the Colusa and Yolo county line during the late 1950s. The territory is marked by a transition from the level floor of the Sacramento Valley into the rising elevations of the Dunnigan Hills to the south. Water management and resource extraction are prominent, with numerous gas wells scattered among the orchard-lined roads and a Gravel Pit located near Wagner Avenue.

The Southern Pacific railroad runs north-south through the eastern portion of the quadrangle, serving the local farming interests. A complex network of watercourses, including Buckeye Creek, Petroleum Creek, and Whiskey Creek, drains the eastern slopes of the Coast Range. The map also records several private landing strips, suggesting the importance of aerial crop dusting and personal aviation in this rural stretch of Northern California.