Yucca Arizona Black Mountains USGS Topo Map 1947 Vintage
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Yucca Arizona Black Mountains USGS Topo Map 1947 Vintage

$47

This USGS 15-minute topographic sheet is a 1929 edition printed in 1947, in excellent condition after being very lightly handled and never folded. Set in Mohave County about 20 miles south of Kingman, the quad takes in the community of Yucca along with the Black Mountains and Sacramento Wash, and reaches into parts of the Warm Springs and Wabayuma Peak Wilderness areas. Drawn from a 1927 field survey, it captures the Yucca area before the Chrysler Proving Grounds and Interstate 40, showing older travel routes, rail lines, and placenames, with the northern half of the quadrangle left unsurveyed. Printed on thick stock, it comes from the vintage map collection of Art Christiansen of Tempe, Arizona, and its flat, unfolded condition makes it well suited to framing.

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MAP DETAILS
TITLEYucca
STATEArizona
LOCATION20 miles south of Kingman
SERIES15-minute
SURVEYED1927 Field Survey
GEOGRAPHERJ.L.Lewis
EDITION1929
PRINTED1947
SCALE1:62500
CONTOUR INTERVAL25 feet
SHEET DIMENSIONS17 x 20 7/8 inches
MAP DIMENSIONS14 3/8 x 17 1/2 inches
COVERAGE AREA14 x 17 miles
SOURCEFrom the vintage map collection of Art Christiansen, Tempe, Arizona
SHEET CONDITION
For maps of this vintage, effort is made to note all visible flaws, no matter how minor.
OVERALL CONDITIONExcellent
SHEET NOTESvery lightly handled, never folded
MAP AREAflawless map area
COLLARSno wear or tears, no markings, no blemishes
MAP COVERAGE
Quadrangle extent overlaid on current basemap.
BACKSIDE LEGEND
A map summary is printed on the back side of the Yucca 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 1947. 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 1929 edition of the Yucca Arizona USGS topographic map. It is an original 79-year-old 1947 United States Geological Survey print in excellent 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 Yucca 15-minute map shows cities and towns, roads, 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 1927. All known structures (houses, businesses, churches, schools, barns, cabins, etc) are also shown, with exceptions in some urban areas, where only landmark buildings may be shown.

A VALUABLE HISTORICAL RECORD
Maps from the 15-minute series for the continental United States are no longer produced or printed by the USGS and original prints are becoming increasingly difficult to find. They are a valuable historical record for an area, as they contain many 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-> Yucca
* Counties Covered-> Mohave
* Federal Land Units-> Wabayuma Peak Wilderness and Warm Springs Wilderness
* Rivers and Streams-> Bar I-L Wash, Black Rock Wash, Flattop Wash, Happy Jack Wash, Illavar Wash, Mackenzie Wash, Rock Creek, Sacramento Wash, Walnut Creek, and Willow Creek

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