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1993 Map of Gold Head Branch

Name: 1993 Topographic Map of Gold Head Branch
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1993
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1993

About this map

Mike Roess State Park and the sprawling Camp Blanding State Wildlife Management Area dominate this section of the Florida lake district in the early 1990s. The landscape is characterized by a dense concentration of sinkhole lakes and ponds, ranging from the large Lowry Lake to the smaller Gator Bone Lake and Lake Margie. The map reveals a transition from the structured military and park boundaries in the west to the more scattered rural settlements in the east.

Local history is preserved in the location of the Gadara Cem and several country churches like Gadara Ch and Lake Hill Ch. Transportation routes such as Bellamy Road and Villanueva Drive provide access to these inland communities. Evidence of the local economy appears in several areas, including a Sandpit near Pebble Lake and a Claypit further south, illustrating the region's extractive land use amidst its natural preserves.