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1987 Map of Ammon

Name: 1987 Topographic Map of Ammon
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1987
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1987

About this map

Ammon sits at the heart of this landscape, a settlement defined by the unique elliptical depressions and wetlands characteristic of the Carolina Bladen region. The terrain is dominated by the sprawling Turnbull Swamp and the protected lands of the Bladen Lakes State Forest, where numerous "bays" — such as Big White Bay, Sessoms Bay, and Big Colly Bay — create a distinct mosaic of peat-filled basins and pocosin habitat.

Evidence of local community and early industry appears throughout the rural grid. Windsor Ch and St Matthews Ch serve as local landmarks near the numerous cemeteries that dot the countryside. Water management is central to the area's history, seen in features like the Charlie Long Millpond and the network of creeks like Cypress Creek and Peters Creek that drain toward the South River along the eastern boundary.