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2018 Map of Arcadia

Name: 2018 Topographic Map of Arcadia
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2018
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2018

About this map

Arcadia serves as the focal point of this DeSoto County landscape, where the established town grid transitions into the sprawling residential and light industrial outskirts of Southeast Arcadia. The geographic character of the region is defined by the winding course of Joshua Creek, which snakes through the central and eastern portions of the quadrangle. Local infrastructure is anchored by the Arcadia Municipal Airport and a network of arterial roads like Macon Road and NW Livingston Street that connect the town to surrounding citrus groves and agricultural lands.

Historical and genealogical data is preserved at the Oak Ridge Cem near the town center and the more isolated Joshua Creek Cem situated to the southeast. Water features like Lake Katherine, Deep Lake, and Lake Slough punctuate the low-lying terrain, illustrating the typical hydrology of the Florida interior before more intensive modern development. The map details a community balanced between its municipal core and the creek-fed wetlands of the Peace River watershed.