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1963 Map of Andytown

Name: 1963 Topographic Map of Andytown
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1970
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1970

About this map

Andytown sits at a critical junction in the Florida Everglades during the early 1960s, a period defined by massive water management projects in Broward County. This survey reveals a landscape transformed by civil engineering, where the North New River Canal and various levee structures define the movement of water across the sawgrass. The intersection of Levee No 68A and Levee No 35 underscores the region's transition into a highly regulated ecosystem, managed through a series of infrastructure points like the Control Gates and several gaging stations.

Significant portions of the quadrangle are designated as Conservation Area No 2A, Conservation Area No 2B, and Conservation Area No 3A. These zones, where water is periodically impounded, illustrate the early efforts to balance flood control with habitat preservation. Landmarks such as Twentysix Mile Bend provide geographic orientation in a territory where the natural terrain has been largely overwritten by the geometry of canals and dikes.