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1953 Map of Holopaw

Name: 1953 Topographic Map of Holopaw
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1954
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1954

About this map

The settlement of Holopaw occupies a small clearing at the edge of a vast wetland system in Osceola County, captured here following a series of plane-table surveys in the early 1950s. The landscape is defined by its complex drainage network, where names like Cat Island Swamp, Jug Creek Swamp, and Big Bend Swamp reveal a terrain of seasonally shifting waters and low-lying hammocks. Elevated features like Cat Island and Storey Bend rise above the surrounding sloughs, providing critical dry ground for local activity.

Transport and land use patterns are visible through the Old Railroad Grade and the isolated Indian Landing Field, suggesting a history of logging and early aviation in the Florida interior. These features, along with the meandering courses of Crabgrass Creek and Myrtle Slough, illustrate the challenge of infrastructure development within the Everglades' northern fringes before modern large-scale water management projects significantly altered the region's natural hydrology.