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1978 Map of Bay Springs

Name: 1978 Topographic Map of Bay Springs
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1978
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1978

About this map

Bay Springs and the nearby settlement of McKinnon serve as the primary hubs in this rural Escambia County landscape, situated along the north-south corridor of the St Louis - San Francisco railroad. The terrain is defined by a dense network of drainage systems, including the southward-flowing Boggy Creek, McDavid Creek, and McDade Creek, which carve through the timber and agricultural lands of the Florida Panhandle. Local history is evidenced by small-scale industrial sites like the Claypit and Sandpit near the western boundary, and a central Cem located just north of Bay Springs.

The map reveals a landscape managed for both utility and transit, with a Roadside Park located along the main road north of McDade Creek and various private access ways branching into the wooded interior. Water resources are plentiful throughout the quadrangle, with Blue Water Creek and Little Pine Barren Creek draining the eastern sections, while smaller tributaries like Still Branch and Alligator Creek feed the larger basins, reflecting the hydrologic character of the region during the late 1970s.