Kismet California Madera USGS 7.5-Min Topo Map 1948 Vintage
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Kismet California Madera USGS 7.5-Min Topo Map 1948 Vintage

$37

Printed in its year of first publication, 1948, this USGS 7.5-minute topographic sheet is in good condition, lightly handled with a single horizontal foldline across the middle and printed on thick stock. It covers a stretch of Madera County in California’s Central Valley about 27 miles northwest of Fresno, taking in the city of Madera and the community of Madera Acres within the quad boundaries. Drawn at 1:24000 with a tight 5-foot contour interval suited to the flat valley floor, the sheet maps the farmland around Madera as it stood in the late 1940s, and the reverse carries printed reference material on reading the map.

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MAP DETAILS
TITLEKismet
STATECalifornia
LOCATIONVicinity of Madera, 27 miles northwest of Fresno
SERIES7.5-minute
SURVEYED1916 Aerial and Field Survey
EDITION1948
REVISION1946
PRINTED1948
SCALE1:24000
CONTOUR INTERVAL5 feet
SHEET DIMENSIONS22 x 27 inches
MAP DIMENSIONS18 1/8 x 22 3/4 inches
COVERAGE AREA7 x 9 miles
SHEET CONDITION
For maps of this vintage, effort is made to note all visible flaws, no matter how minor.
OVERALL CONDITIONGood
SHEET NOTESlightly handled, midsheet horizontal foldline (in half)
MAP AREAno markings, no blemishes
COLLARSno markings, very minor blemishes, no edge tears, minor collar wear
MAP COVERAGE
Quadrangle extent overlaid on current basemap.
BACKSIDE LEGEND
A map summary is printed on the back side of the Kismet sheet similar to the one shown in the picture. It outlines the history, purpose, and status of the USGS mapping program at the time of the printing in 1948. It also provides instructions on how to read contour lines and a description of how they are used to depict the terrain. At the bottom of the page is a legend showing all of the symbols used to represent the cultural, relief, and water features found on the map.

This vintage sheet is a 1948 edition of the Kismet California USGS topographic map. It is an original 78-year-old United States Geological Survey print in good condition.

HOW THIS MAP CAN BE USED
In addition to making a fascinating conversation piece, this sheet would look great in a frame or on display, make a unique and prized gift for anyone interested in this area, be perfect as a reference for genealogy studies or general historical research, or fill that missing piece in your collection.

FEATURES SHOWN ON THE MAP
The Kismet 7.5-minute map shows cities and towns, roads, paths, railroads, rivers, creeks, elevation contour lines, public land survey lines, county, state, and other administrative boundaries as they existed at the time of the survey in 1916. All known structures (houses, businesses, churches, schools, barns, cabins, etc) are also shown.

A VALUABLE HISTORICAL RECORD
This map is from the 7.5-minute series, the most detailed series that is widely available from the USGS. The 1948 Kismet map is a valuable historical record for the area. It contains some placenames and features that have been dropped from more recent maps.

PLACENAMES
The following places are found within the boundary of this quadrangle. They may or may not be shown or labeled, depending on the map series and vintage.
* Cities and Towns-> Madera and Madera Acres
* Counties Covered-> Madera
* Rivers and Streams-> Dry Creek and Fresno River
* Water Bodies-> Madera Lake

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