1953 Map of Fellsmere 4 SW

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St Johns Marsh dominates this landscape, showing the mid-century transition from wild Florida wetlands to a managed agricultural system. The survey reveals a complex grid of water control, defined by an extensive network of Levee and Spoil Bank structures that carve the marsh into functional parcels. These engineering features represent the massive mid-century efforts to reclaim land along the tri-county boundary where Indian River, Okeechobee, and St Lucie counties meet. While much of the area is given over to these systematic drainage patterns, natural features like Sick Island and the meandering Gum Slough persist. Multiple locations marked as Flowing Well indicate the reliance on artesian water sources to support the evolving land use in this transitional environment.