Series 5597

DESCRIPTION: Mapping was an important activity in state planning work. The State Planning Board needed maps to assist their planning efforts in areas such as water resources, power, agricultural studies, highways, recreation, state buildings, railroads, airways, and mineral resources. This series contains over 300 maps that document many different areas and subjects associated with the board's planning efforts. There are maps for nearly every county and they cover the following topics: general and topographical base maps, highways, wildlife refuges, national forests, reservoirs, some individual cities, railroads, soil surveys, waterworks, lakes, basins, rivers, and statistical studies. There are also general maps for Utah which are arranged by subjects such as: the Great Salt Lake; land use and surveys; buildings and institutions; highways; railways; airways; national forests, parks, and monuments; Indian reservations; power resources; political; planning state school districts; statistical; mineral resources; watersheds; water projects; irrigated lands; rivers; precipitation; basin studies; sewage systems; diking; drainage; proposed fresh water lake; and gauging stations.

ARRANGEMENT: This series is loosely arranged alphabetically by county and grouped by subject. The subjects are randomly mixed with the county groups.

RELATED RECORDS: Series 1165, AGRICULTURAL STUDIES, has records that relate to agriculture and land classification. Series 1166, BUILDING AND INSTITUTION PLANS, have state building information. CITY AND COUNTY PLANNING REPORTS, series 1172, has reports regarding planning for the Salt Lake City-Ogden region. Series 20999, WATER RESOURCES DRAINAGE BASIN REPORTS, contains river basin studies and related maps. Series 1176, ECONOMIC STATISTICS, has reports on county population, industry, agriculture, education, and power. Series 21985, FINANCIAL DATA, has reports on public works. Series 21001, GREAT SALT LAKE DIKING PROJECT REPORTS, has reports concerning the diking project and also other related maps. Series 1175, MINING STUDIES, has reports on mines. Series 1171, PARKS AND RECREATION REPORTS, has reports associated with Utah's recreation areas. Series 22015, POPULATION STUDIES, has studies of Utah's population. Series 1173, POWER RESOURCES RECORDS, has reports on power studies. ADVISORY COMMISSION ON PRISON REMOVAL RECORDS, series 21991, has records regarding the plans for the new prison site. Series 1164, ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS, has many reports regarding state planning. Series 22030, TRAFFIC SAFETY COUNCIL RECORDS, has records regarding traffic flow. TRANSPORTATION REPORTS, series 1179, also has maps of transportation routes. Series 21988, UTAH PROMOTIONAL RECORDS, contains photos and pamphlets of recreational areas. Series 21002, WATER RESOURCES HEARINGS, contains records of dams, reservoirs, and drainage basins. Series 1180, WATER RESOURCES REPORTS, also has maps of water resources. The hard copy of the prison blueprints are now in STATE AGENCY BLUEPRINTS, series 5802.

FINDING AIDS: Most of the subject and county groups are preceded by a "checklist" of maps. These are listings of the maps which were originally cataloged before filming. The checklists are not indexes, but they do give a general listing of the maps included on the film. See the research center series binders for photocopies of these lists.

PROCESSING NOTE: This series was processed by M. Call in July 1999. Although the container list indicates that the maps are in both hard copy and microfilm, not every map that was filmed is included in hard copy. The Attorney General reports, the various charts and reports, and the post 1941 maps of the Publicity and Industrial Development agency do not belong in this series. Also, although the date range of this series is 1902 to 1941, the bulk of the maps date from the 1930's. Although not included in the date range, there is an 1850 pioneer plat map of Salt Lake City which lists the property owners on reel 1 at the end under land use surveys. The State Planning Board was active from 1934 to 1941, but the members often used older maps in their research.

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