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1952 Map of Lake Arbuckle

Name: 1952 Topographic Map of Lake Arbuckle
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1953
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1953

About this map

The Avon Park Bombing Range dominates the eastern landscape of this Florida interior region, showing a significant military presence just after mid-century. A network of hydrology defines the area, with Lake Arbuckle and Reedy Lake connected by the wandering course of Livingston Creek. The low-lying terrain is punctuated by the dense Blue Jordan Swamp and smaller water bodies such as Lake David and Lake Isabell.

Evidence of historical transit and industry is found in the U S Government Railroad (Abandoned) which cuts across the central wetlands toward the bombing range. In the southern reaches, the settlement of Alpine sits near the Polk and Highlands county line, adjacent to a Gravel Pit and Lake Pythias. The map preserves the specific water levels of the era, from Pioneer Lake to the drainage of Bonnet Creek.