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2020 Map of Cravens Island

Name: 2020 Topographic Map of Cravens Island
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2020
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2020

About this map

The Okefenokee Swamp dominates this interior landscape where the boundaries of Ware, Clinch, and Charlton counties converge. This 2020 survey documents a watery geography of islands and hammocks that rise just above the wetlands, including named features like Cravens Island, Burnt Island, and Green Hammock. The drainage patterns of the Suwannee River and Suwannee Creek are intricately detailed, showing how they thread through the dense swamp environment.

Settlement is sparse, concentrated at the periphery in places like Hopkins and the site of McLeods Mill. For genealogists and local historians, the map preserves the names of specific landscape features that often reflect historical land ownership or local usage, such as Pittmans Pond, Boone Lake, and Cox Prairie. Primitive road networks like Hamp Mizell Rd and Swamp Perimeter Rd provide the primary access into this complex ecosystem.