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2018 Map of Benton

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

USGS Topo · Published 2018

About this map

The Suwannee River carves a winding path through the borderlands of Hamilton and Columbia Counties, defining the drainage of this low-lying North Florida landscape. At the settlement of Benton, the river begins a series of tight oxbow bends as it flows south toward River Swamp. The terrain is characterized by extensive wetlands and isolated water bodies, including Sandlin Bay, Hooker Bay, and Brown Lake.

Legacy timber and agricultural tracks such as Eightmile Still Rd and Fivemile Still Rd hint at the area's industrial history, while creek systems like Roaring Cr, Hogans Br, and Deep Creek provide a network of natural boundaries. The infrastructure is dominated by rural county roads and named local routes like Cone Bridge Rd and Thomas Express Rd, which connect the scattered homesteads through the dense wooded surroundings of the late 2010s.