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1953 Map of Indiantown SE

Name: 1953 Topographic Map of Indiantown SE
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1983
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1983

About this map

St Lucie Lock and Dam serves as a critical infrastructure point on this mid-century landscape, regulating the waters where the St Lucie Canal and the Okeechobee Waterway intersect. The map illustrates a transitional period in Martin County water management, dominated by long Spoil Bank segments and drainage features like Cane Slough and Hanson Creek. Civil engineering defines the character of the area, with the settlement of Arundel situated along the waterway near a Gaging Station.

Modern transportation infrastructure arrives in the form of the Sunshine State Parkway (Toll Road) Turnpike, which cuts across the eastern portion of the survey. North of the canal, the historic Hanson Grant and Phipps Park provide a counterpoint to the industrial scale of the canal works. To the west, the natural elevation of Green Ridge rises above the surrounding marshy lowlands, marking the edge of the managed aquatic landscape.