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1993 Map of Ben Davis Point

Name: 1993 Topographic Map of Ben Davis Point
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1993
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1993

About this map

The coastal marshes of Cumberland County meet the Delaware Bay in this 1990s survey, defined by the tidal reach of the Cohansey River and its labyrinth of distributaries. The landscape is dominated by conservation lands, specifically the Dix State Wildlife Management Area and the Cohansey State Natural Area, which preserve the complex transition from brackish wetlands to the open bay. Small coastal outposts like Sea Breeze and Husted Landing provide rare points of human activity among the tides.

The presence of the Ben Davis Pt Light and several footbridges crossing Ogden Creek and Back Creek highlights the local dependence on navigation and foot travel through the marshy Back Neck region. From Loyds Corner down to Pier Point Neck, the map details a world of family-named necks and water bodies like Sayres Pt and Tarpon Cove, mapping a fragile environment at the edge of the New Jersey shoreline.