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1955 Map of Cypress Creek

Name: 1955 Topographic Map of Cypress Creek
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1993
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1993

About this map

Bee Haven Bay dominates the low-lying terrain of the Florida-Georgia borderlands, where the landscape is defined by an intricate network of wetlands and sluggish watercourses. This area along the Georgia Florida state line reveals a wilderness of significant hydrology, including Christmas Bay and the expansive Rice Field Swamp. The presence of the Watson Line and the Echols Co Hamilton Co boundary highlights the administrative divisions cutting through these dense marshes.

Surface drainage is characterized by the meandering path of Cypress Creek, which feeds into the Cypress Creek Swamp and eventually joins Rocky Creek. Human activity is sparse, marked primarily by scattered Borrow Pit excavations and navigation through the hammocks, such as Martin Hammock. This map documents a period when the natural swamp systems remained largely intact, punctuated only by a few woods roads and the transition between Bell Creek Swamp and Bear Bay at the southern edge.