Englebrecht Ranch California Cantua Creek USGS Topo Map 1923

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Englebrecht Ranch California Cantua Creek USGS Topo Map 1923

$26

A fascinating historical snapshot of a portion of the San Joaquin Valley from Cantua Creek northward, surveyed before the modern road system and before the current agricultural footprint, showing historic levees, drainage alignments, placenames, and all known ranches and structures. This is the Englebrecht Ranch quadrangle, a 7.5-minute USGS topographic sheet printed in 1923, its first year, from E.T. Walker’s 1921 field survey. The quad covers a stretch of the valley floor west of Fresno, taking in Cantua Creek and the surrounding rangeland in Fresno County.

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SKU: 947 Categories: 7.5 Minute, California

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MAP DETAILS
TITLE	Englebrecht Ranch
STATE	California
LOCATION	32 miles southwest of Fresno
SERIES	7.5-minute
SURVEYED	1921 Field Survey
GEOGRAPHER	E.T. Walker
EDITION	1923
PRINTED	1923
PRINT NOTES	Thick paper stock
SCALE	1:31680
CONTOUR INTERVAL	5 feet
SHEET DIMENSIONS	16 1/2 x 20 inches
MAP DIMENSIONS	13 7/8 x 17 1/4 inches
COVERAGE AREA	7 x 9 miles
MAP NOTES	A fascinating historical snapshot of a portion of the San Joaquin Valley from Cantua Creek northward, surveyed before the modern road system and before the current agricultural footprint, showing historic levees, drainage alignments, placenames, and all known ranches and structures.
SHEET CONDITION For maps of this vintage, effort is made to note all visible flaws, no matter how minor.
OVERALL CONDITION	Good
SHEET NOTES	moderately handled, never folded
MAP AREA	no markings, no blemishes, repaired edge tear extends slightly into southeast corner of map area
COLLARS	very minor markings, no blemishes, stabilized edge tears in lower right collar
MAP COVERAGE Quadrangle extent overlaid on current basemap.

BACKSIDE LEGEND
A map summary is printed on the back side of the Englebrecht Ranch 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 1923. 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.
PLACENAMES Depending on map series and survey date, all of the features listed below may not be shown on this map. This list contains features that currently exist or historically existed within the area covered by the map. The list can be used as a reference to determine if this map covers your area of interest. Placenames are listed alphabetically next to each feature type.
NOTABLE PLACES	Cantua Creek and San Joaquin Valley
COUNTIES COVERED	Fresno
Locations: Englebrecht Ranch. Airports: San Joaquin Airport. Schools: Cantua Elementary School.
SHIPPING AND RETURNS
This map sheet will be carefully rolled in a sturdy tube and shipped via the US Postal Service. If you find that the sheet you receive is not as described in the listing, you may ship it back to us for a refund of the purchase price.

This antique sheet is a 1923 edition of the Englebrecht Ranch California USGS topographic map. It is an authentic 103-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 Englebrecht Ranch 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 1921. 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
This map is from the 7.5-minute series, the most detailed series that is widely available from the USGS. The 1923 Englebrecht Ranch map is a valuable historical record for the area. It contains some placenames and features that have been dropped from more recent maps.