Jamesan California Tranquillity USGS Topo Map 1947 Vintage

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Jamesan California Tranquillity USGS Topo Map 1947 Vintage

$23

A fascinating historical snapshot of the San Joaquin Valley north and east of Tranquility, surveyed before the modern road system and before the current agricultural footprint, showing historic levees, canals, placenames, and all known ranches, schools, rail lines, and structures. This is the 1947 edition of the Jamesan quadrangle, a 7.5-minute topographic sheet printed the same year at a scale of 1:24,000 with five-foot contours. It covers about seven by nine miles of flat Fresno County farmland west of Fresno, taking in the small community of Tranquillity and the surrounding canal-crossed fields.

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SKU: 959 Categories: 7.5 Minute, California

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MAP DETAILS
TITLE	Jamesan
STATE	California
LOCATION	Vicinity of Tranquillity, 23 miles west of Fresno
SERIES	7.5-minute
SURVEYED	1922 Field Survey
EDITION	1947
REVISIONS	1946
PRINTED	1947
SCALE	1:24000
CONTOUR INTERVAL	5 feet
SHEET DIMENSIONS	21 x 26 1/2 inches
MAP DIMENSIONS	18 1/4 x 22 3/4 inches
COVERAGE AREA	7 x 9 miles
MAP NOTES	A fascinating historical snapshot of the San Joaquin Valley north and east of Tranquility, surveyed before the modern road system and before the current agricultural footprint, showing historic levees, canals, placenames, and all known ranches, schools, rail lines, and structures.
SHEET CONDITION For maps of this vintage, effort is made to note all visible flaws, no matter how minor.
OVERALL CONDITION	Fair
SHEET NOTES	handled considerably, midsheet horizontal foldline (in half)
MAP AREA	no blemishes, minor pencil markings in southeast corner of map, one repaired edge tear extends into west-central portion of map
COLLARS	very minor markings, very minor blemishes, edge tears in collars stabilized with transparent archival tape on backside of sheet, scuffs and storage wear

MAP COVERAGE Quadrangle extent overlaid on current basemap.

BACKSIDE LEGEND
A map summary is printed on the back side of the Jamesan 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.
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	Tranquility, San Joaquin Valley, and James Bypass
CITIES AND TOWNS (CURRENT)	Tranquillity
COUNTIES COVERED	Fresno
Locations: Traction Ranch. Canals: James Bypass. Airports: Du Bois Ranch Airport.
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 vintage sheet is a 1947 edition of the Jamesan California USGS topographic map. It is an original 79-year-old United States Geological Survey print in fair condition.

HOW THIS MAP CAN BE USED
In addition to making a fascinating conversation piece, this sheet would 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 Jamesan 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 1922. 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 1947 Jamesan map is a valuable historical record for the area. It contains some placenames and features that have been dropped from more recent maps.