Map of Stamford Area, Connecticut
SurveyorGeology, ground-water conditions, and forest boundaries by
Arthur J. Ellis
(American, died 1921)
After a work byAfter a work by
United States Geological Survey
(American, founded 1879)
PrinterPrinted by
A. Hoen & Company
(American, founded 1848)
PublisherPublished by
United States Geological Survey
(American, founded 1879)
Date1915
MediumLithography; black and colored printer's inks on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 13 3/8 x 13 7/8in. (34 x 35.2cm)
Sheet (height x width): 15 7/8 x 17 1/8in. (40.3 x 43.5cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
Object number2004.157.2
DescriptionMap of Stamford and Greenwich, Connecticut, and the surrounding area, from North Castle to the north, Darien and New Canaan to the east, the Long Island Sound to the south, and White Plains, New York to the west. Colors, lines and symbols are used to denote stratified drift, rock outcroppings, elevation, woods, ground water, dug or driven wells, drilled wells, and springs. There are numbers next to the wells and springs that correspond to numbers used in tables (not provided). Blue is used to denote water, including rivers, reservoirs, lakes and ponds. City streets are shown, with black squares and dots probably representing buildings. The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad runs along the coast.
Label TextContour intervals are a convenient and accurate way of depicting terrain. On this 1915 map of the Stamford area, the contour interval is twenty feet. This means that the lines showing elevation are twenty vertical feet apart. Where the lines are very close together the terrain is be very steep. Where the lines are far apart, the slope is much more gradual. This map clearly shows that the hills around Stamford are very modest in both elevation and steepness. The terrain gets noticeably steeper to the north and east. The map also provides a great deal of information about the nature of the soil and rocks and the presence (or absence) of forest. Although this map shows a surprising amount of forest surviving around Stamford, most of it is located in river valleys, suggesting that most of the hilltops had been cleared for farming.
NotesCartographic Note: Scale: 1:62,500Status
Not on view
