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1988 Map of Homestead

Name: 1988 Topographic Map of Homestead
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1988
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1988

About this map

Agricultural expansion and military installations define the landscape south of Miami in the late 1980s. The urban corridor of Homestead and Florida City is anchored by the Seaboard System railroad and the Dixie Hwy, showing a transition from dense residential blocks to the vast wetlands of the Everglades periphery. Significant government land use is evident at the Homestead Air Force Base and the expansive U S Naval Reservation to the south.

A complex network of drainage infrastructure, including the Mowry Canal No C103 and North Canal, illustrates the regional effort to manage water levels for both municipal development and local farming. Further south, the map identifies the Dade Correctional Institution (State Prison) and the Holley Landing Strip, providing a record of the area's social and logistical layout before major modern hurricanes altered the local geography.