1953 Map of Fellsmere 4 SW

About this map

St Johns Marsh dominates the upper half of this 1950s survey, illustrating a Florida interior shaped by extensive water management and agricultural drainage efforts. The landscape is characterized by a dense grid of Levee and Spoil Bank systems that cut through the wetlands, particularly south of Sick Island and Gum Slough. These man-made features signal the early-to-mid-century transformation of the marshlands into productive territory, a process heavily reliant on the numerous instances of a Flowing Well scattered across the township lines. The survey also captures the precise convergence of three county lines, showing where the boundaries of Indian River, Okeechobee, and St. Lucie counties meet amidst the canal-divided terrain. This map serves as a detailed record of drainage engineering before modern environmental restoration efforts changed the region's hydraulic priorities.