2018 Map of California Slough

About this map

Big Cypress National Preserve dominates this 2018 survey, documenting a wilderness of hydrologic features and subtle terrain variations within The Everglades. The landscape is defined by its strands and prairies, such as Goddens Strand, Cow Bell Strand, and Doctors Prairie. This quadrangle illustrates the massive scale of regional water management, centered on the Interceptor Canal and the L-28 levee and canal system, which cuts a straight path through the wetland. Human presence is limited to a few arterial routes like Otter Creek Rd and Big Cypress Rd. This map captures the intersection of conservation and engineering, where water bodies like Tarpan Lake and the eponymous California Slough exist alongside the rigid lines of the Florida canal network on the border of Collier and Broward counties.