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2021 Map of Catherine Island

Name: 2021 Topographic Map of Catherine Island
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2021
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2021

About this map

Big Cypress Swamp dominates this modern landscape, where the intricate hydrology of Collier County is documented through a network of wetlands and namesake strands. The map details the preserved wilderness of the Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park Trl and the Fakahatchee Strand itself, showing how these slow-moving water sloughs shape the local geography. Distinct terrestrial rises like Catherine Island, Flinthead Island, and Rock Spring Island appear as elevated features within the swampy environment.

Water bodies including Curry Lake, Wilson Lake, and Hog Pond are scattered throughout the region, illustrating the complex drainage patterns characteristic of the Florida Everglades. While much of the area remains undeveloped wetland, a grid of residential and local roads such as Merritt Blvd, Patterson Blvd, and Brandon Blvd encroaches from the southwest corner, signaling the boundary between the expanding human footprint and the protected Picayune Strand.