Current Trends in the Central Valley
Interactive Land Use Maps
These maps show where Central Valley farmland is being developed. Clicking on a map will load it as a pdf file that will allow you to navigate around the region, zoom in closely on specific areas, and cut and paste all or part of the maps into other files. Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to do this. Click the icon to download it for free.
The maps were produced for AFT by the Farmland Mapping & Monitoring Program of the Division of Land Resource Protection in the Department of Conservation, California Resources Agency.
Sacramento Region |
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Sutter, Sacramento &
Yolo Counties
[705 KB file  ] |
Northern San Joaquin |
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San Joaquin, Stanislaus,
& Merced Counties
[2.1 MB file  |
Southern San Joaquin |
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Madera, Fresno, Tulare,
Kings & Kern Counties
[2.7 MB file  ] |
Click on maps to enlarge and navigate. Click back arrow button to return to this report.
Key to Maps (also found on maps themselves) |
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High Quality Irrigated Farmland |
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Lower Quality Farmland and Grazing Land |
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Urban Development up to 1990 |
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Urban Development 1990-2000 |
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Other Land (Fallow, Natural, Waste, Feedlots, Ranchettes) |
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City Spheres of Influence |
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