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2019 Map of Ben Davis Point

Name: 2019 Topographic Map of Ben Davis Point
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2019
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2019

About this map

Sea Breeze and Back Neck anchor the shoreline of Fairfield Township in this recent documentation of the Cumberland County coast. The landscape is defined by the intricate salt marshes and tidal fingers of the Cohansey River, where Tindall Island and Ragged Island break the expansive wetlands. A quiet coastal economy is evident in the presence of the Halka Nurseries Airport and the narrow access of Seabreeze Rd leading to the bay front.

Farther south, the terrain dissolves into the Delaware Bay at Ben Davis Point and Pier Point Neck. The map traces the critical Intracoastal Waterway as it follows the state boundary between New Jersey and Delaware, marking the deep-water transition from Nantuxent Cove to the open bay. This survey captures a specialized coastal environment where named family tracts like Sayres Neck and Bacons Neck persist amidst an ever-shifting network of guts and creeks like Tarpon Gut and Old Hatch Creek.