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bayside/saratoga creek history 


offical Maps, deeds, & aerial photographs

1830S-1840S
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"Fredonia Or The United States of North America, G. Cruchley and Richard Holmes Laurie, (1833).
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Grave sur Acier par L. Grenier, Rue des Noyers, No. 33 (1835).
1850S
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New Map Of California, Gibbes, C.D., 1852
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No. 103. Californien, Oregon, Utah und Neu-Mejico, Berghaus, Heinrich (1859)
Rancho Ulistac 
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1857, Ulistac Survey
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1859, Ulistac Survey
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Ulistac (Santa Clara County) | U.S. v Jacob D. Hoppe, Case no. 323, Northern District of California (1854-1866)
1860S
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1866 BLM SURVEY
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Rancho Quito & Arroyo Quito
1841 land grant by Mexican Governor Juan Alvarado to José Zenon Fernandez and San Jose Mayor José Noriega.
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1866 BLM SURVEY
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Quito, Diseño 276, GLO No. 187, Santa Clara County, and associated historical documents.
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Sello tercero dos reales. ... para los años de mil ochocientos cuarenta y mil ochocientos cuarenta y uno.". Oriented with north toward lower right corner.. Pen-and-ink.. Relief shown pictorially.. 4362 Q5. From: U.S. District Court. California, Northern District. Land case 226 ND, page 620; land case map B-489 (Bancroft Library). Manuel Alviso, clmt.
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4362 Q5. "Exhibit Lewis No. 1.". From: U.S. District Court. California, Northern District. Land case 226 ND, page 621; land case map E-490 (Bancroft Library). Manuel Alviso, clmt.. Pen-and-ink and watercolor.. Relief shown by hachures.
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Map of Rancho Quito (1864) | U.S. District Court. California, Northern District. Land case 226 ND, page 622; land case map B-491 (Bancroft Library). Manuel Alviso, clmt. Pen-and-ink and red pencil.. Relief shown by hachures. 4362 Q5.
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1861 San Francisco San Jose Railroad, William J. Lewis (1862)
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1866, Ulistac Survey
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​​Ulistac (Santa Clara County) | U.S. v Jacob D. Hoppe, Case no. 323, Northern District of California (1854-1866)
1870s-1890s
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(Farm) map number five (Santa Clara Co., California). (Thompson & West, San Francisco, Cala. 1876)
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Historical Atlas of Santa Clara County (1876)
"In 1866, Samuel Jamison, who arrived in California during the Gold Rush, constructed the original house, a vernacular Italianate style home, on 50-acres on Coffin Road (near Great America Boulevard. and Highway 101)... Jamison served as County Sheriff, County Supervisor and State Assemblyman, as well as the President of the Bank of Santa Clara. Following his death in 1914 Jamison's heirs sold the house and 14 acres to Alfred I. Brown, a neighbor and notable rancher...After Brown died in 1943, his nephew's family, George M. and Lois Brown, moved into the house and lived there until they sold the land to an industrial developer in 1970." (City of Santa Clara).
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(Farm) map number five (Santa Clara Co., California). (Thompson & West, San Francisco, Cala. 1876)
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1876
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Plat of the Pueblo Lands of San Jose (1889)
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1880 Santa Clara County, Brainard Agricultural Atlas.
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1889
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1890, Herrmann Bros., Britton & Rey.
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1890, Herrmann Bros., Britton & Rey.
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1890, Herrmann Bros., Britton & Rey.
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Map of Santa Clara Co. Ranchos : A delineation of Spanish-Mexican Government Land Grants or Ranchos and Pueblo Sites in Early Santa Clara Valley
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Quito Creek turning into Campbell Creek at the Congress Springs in Saratoga, T8SR2W Sage/Congress Spring Tract (1898-99).
1900-1910s
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San Jose Mercury News, Water Problem of Santa Clara Valley (1903)
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Enright Tract, 1905
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Map of Santa Clara County California (J. G. McMillan, 1914)
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Map of Santa Clara County California (J. G. McMillan, 1914)
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Santa Cruz & Santa Clara Counties, Denny's Pocket Map of Santa Cruz County, California (1916)
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1917 SUPP. SURVEY, BLM
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1924, USGS
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1928, flight C-330
1930s
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1931, Flight C-1880, Fairchild Aerial Surveys for Metal Prod. Holding Company
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1931, Flight 1870, Fairchild Aerial Surveys for the State Division of Highways
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1931, Flight 1870, Fairchild Aerial Surveys for the State Division of Highways
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Soil Map of the United States, Section 5. Atlas of American Agriculture. U.S. Department of Agriculture. (1931)
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1939, Flight C-5750 Fairchild Aerial Surveys for the USDA
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1939, Flight C-5750 Fairchild Aerial Surveys for the USDA
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Aerial Photograph, Scale: 1"=500', Flight Year: 1939, Source: Fairchild
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Aerial Photograph. Scale: 1"=500' Flight Year: 1939 USGS
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1939, Flight C-5900 Fairchild Aerial Surveys for the City of San Jose
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1939, Flight C-5750 Fairchild Aerial Surveys for the USDA
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1939, Flight C-5750 Fairchild Aerial Surveys for the USDA
1940s
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Lines of Equal Elevation of Water in Wells, Santa Clara Valley Water Conservation District (March 1942)
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1943, USGS
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Aerial Photograph, Scale: 1"=500', Flight Year: 1948, Source: USGS
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Aerial Photograph. Scale: 1"=500' Flight Year: 1948 USGS
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1947, USGS
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Rand McNally, 1947, National Realty Co.
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Aerial, 1948, 229 mm x 299 mm, 152.31 mm
1950s
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Aerial Photograph. Scale: 1"=500' Flight Year: 1950 USGS
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1951, MILPITAS, USGS
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1953, MILPITAS, USGS
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1953, SAN JOSE WEST, USGS
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1953, MILPITAS, USGS
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San Jose Evening News (June 15 1955)
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1955, MILPITAS, USGS
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1956, Aero Services Corporation for the USDA
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Aerial Photograph. Scale: 1"=500', Flight Year: 1956, Source: Aero
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Aerial Photograph. Scale: 1"=500' Flight Year: 1956 USGS
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San Jose Mercury News (Dec. 22 1954)
1960s
Santa Clara County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, Engineer's Report of Proposed Improvements for Zone NC-1, The North Central Zone, (January 1961). 
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​​Santa Clara Valley Water District, A model study of the hydraulic structures at the confluence of the San Tomas Aquino and Saratoga Creeks, (1965).
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Aerial, Aug. 15 1960
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Aerial, Aug. 15 1960
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1961, MILPITAS, USGS
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1961, SAN JOSE WEST, USGS
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Santa Clara County Accessor, 1962
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1963, Flight SCL
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1963, Flight SCL
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1965, Flight CAS-65-130
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Lines of Equal Elevation of Water in Wells, Santa Clara Valley Water Conservation District (May 1965)
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JAMISON-BROWN HOUSE, 1968
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1968
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Aerial Photograph. Scale: 1"=500' Flight Year: 1968 USGS
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Aerial Photograph. Scale: 1"=500' Flight Year: 1968 USGS
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1968, Flight CAS-2310
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1968, MILPITAS, USGS
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Aerial, Oct 1 1968, 457 mm x 229 mm
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Aerial, Oct 1 1968, 457 mm x 229 mm
1970-1973
Santa Clara Valley Water District, Report on condition and status of Saratoga Creek within the Santa Clara City limits (San Tomas [Aquino] Creek confluence to Stevens Creek Boulevard), (1973).

 Santa Clara Valley Water District, Ecological report: Saratoga Creek (1973).
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1970, California EPA, RWQCB Notes (GeoTracker)
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Aerial, May 1972
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Aerial, April 29 1970, 457mm x 229 mm, 65,000 ft, 608 mm
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Aerial, April 29 1970, 457mm x 229 mm, 65,000 ft, 608 mm
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Aerial, July 27 1972
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Aerial, July 27 1972, zoomed
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1972
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Aerial, May 22 1972, 23,013 ft
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Aerial, May 1972
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Aerial, Dec. 13 1972, 65k ft
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Aerial, Dec. 13 1972, 65k ft
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1973, MILPITAS, USGS
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1973, MILPITAS, USGS
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Aerial, March 23 1973, 65K Ft
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Aerial, March 23 1973, 65K Ft
1974-1976
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Aerial, June 6, 1974, 10k Ft
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Aerial Photograph. Scale: 1"=500' Flight Year: 1974 USGS
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Aerial Photograph. Scale: 1"=500' Flight Year: 1974 USGS
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Aerial, Sept. 1974
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Aerial, Feb 1974
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Aerial, July 25 1974, 457 mm x 299 mm, 913 mm
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Aerial, June 6 1974
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1974
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1974
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1974
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1977-1979
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Saratoga Creek, 1977, Area of Flooding during 1958 Flood, Santa Clara Valley Water District
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Saratoga Creek, 1977, 1% Flood, Santa Clara Valley Water District
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San Tomas Aquino Creek Planning Study consisting of the Final Engineer’s Report, Prof. No. 2019, (Feb. 1978).
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San Tomas Aquino Creek Planning Study consisting of the Final Engineer’s Report, Prof. No. 2019, (Feb. 1978).
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Saratoga Creek Drainage Area (1978)
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San Tomas Aquino Creek Drainage Area (1978)
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Aerial, 1977
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Aerial Photograph. Scale: 1"=500' Flight Year: 1979 USGS
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1980s
Santa Clara Valley Water District, San Tomas Aquino/Saratoga Creek Planning Study: Summary Report (1981).
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1980, MILPITAS, USGS
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1980, MILPITAS, USGS
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Report To Santa Clara Valley Water District San Jose, California on Soil and Foundation Investigation For San Tomas Aquino Creek Improvements Santa Clara, California, United Soil Engineering, Inc (Oct. 1980).
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1983
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1983
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Aerial, 1989
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1982 Aerial Photograph. Scale: 1"=500' Flight Year: 1982 USGS
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Aerial Photograph. Scale: 1"=500' Flight Year: 1982, Source: WSA
1990s
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Aerial Photograph. Scale: 1"=500', Composite DOQQ - acquisition dates: 1993, Source: EDR
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Aerial Photograph. Scale: 1"=500' /DOQQ - acquisition dates: 1993 USGS/DOQQ
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Aerial, NAPP, 1993
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1992
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1992
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1994
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Aerial, NAPP, 1993
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Aerial Photograph. Scale: 1"=500' Flight Year: 1998 USGS Best Copy Available from original source
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Aerial Photograph. Scale: 1"=500' Flight Year: 1999, Source: WAC
2000s
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Aerial Photograph. Scale: 1"=500' Flight Year: 2005 EDR
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Aerial Photograph, NAIP, 2005
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Aerial Photograph. Scale: 1"=500' Flight Year: 2005 USDA/NAIP
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Aerial Photograph. Scale: 1"=500' Flight Year: 2006 USDA/NAIP
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2009 Aerial Photograph. Scale: 1"=500' Flight Year: 2009 USDA/NAIP
2010s
Santa Clara Valley Water District, Saratoga Creek hazard tree removal and restoration project: Final initial study and mitigated negative declaration (2019).
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Aerial Photograph. Scale: 1"=500' Flight Year: 2010 EDR
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Aerial Photograph. Scale: 1"=500' Flight Year: 2012 EDR
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Aerial, 2018, USDA/FSA APFO CNIR
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Aerial, 2022, USDA/FSA APFO CNIR

 

 

 

 

 

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