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1959 Map of Deep Lake

Name: 1959 Topographic Map of Deep Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1983
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1983

About this map

Deep Lake sits at the heart of this Collier County survey, surrounded by the distinctive hydrologic patterns of the western Everglades. The map captures a landscape characterized by north-south cypress strands and expansive wet prairies, such as Fire Prairie and Airplane Prairie. Near the western edge, the Fakahatchee Strand borders the State Preserve, while the center is dominated by the Deep Lake Strand and the Big Cypress National Preserve.

Human activity is concentrated along the primary north-south road, where the settlement of Jerome and a designated Prison Camp near Hollywood Head are recorded. An Old Railroad Grade cutting through the eastern prairies suggests the region's earlier history of timber extraction and transport. This 1959 data, later updated in the early 1980s, documents the transition of these lands into state and federal management areas while preserving the locations of isolated outposts like Rock Island.