Raisin California San Joaquin Valley USGS Topo Map 1947

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Raisin California San Joaquin Valley USGS Topo Map 1947

$38

A fascinating historical snapshot of the San Joaquin Valley southwest of Fresno, 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 a 1947 USGS topographic sheet of the Raisin quadrangle in California’s San Joaquin Valley, at the detailed 7.5-minute scale with 5-foot contours. The quad area covers flat farmland in Fresno County about 16 miles southwest of Fresno, including the small community of Raisin City, and takes in the canals and levees that watered the valley’s raisin-grape and row-crop country in that era.

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SKU: 961 Categories: 7.5 Minute, California

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MAP DETAILS
TITLE	Raisin
STATE	California
LOCATION	16 miles southwest of Fresno
SERIES	7.5-minute
SURVEYED	1923 Aerial and Field Survey
EDITION	1947
REVISIONS	1946
PRINTED	1947
PRINT NOTES	Thick paper stock
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 southwest of Fresno, 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	Good
SHEET NOTES	lightly handled, midsheet horizontal foldline (in half), vertical foldline follows western map edge
MAP AREA	no markings, no blemishes
COLLARS	no markings, very minor blemishes, minor staple holes in collar

MAP COVERAGE Quadrangle extent overlaid on current basemap.

BACKSIDE LEGEND
A map summary is printed on the back side of the Raisin 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	San Joaquin Valley
CITIES AND TOWNS (CURRENT)	Raisin City
COUNTIES COVERED	Fresno
Locations: Caruthers Substation. Canals: Liberty Millrace. Schools: Raisin City 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 vintage sheet is a 1947 edition of the Raisin California USGS topographic map. It is an original 79-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 Raisin 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 1923. 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 Raisin map is a valuable historical record for the area. It contains some placenames and features that have been dropped from more recent maps.