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1954 Map of Lecanto

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

USGS Topo · Published 1954

About this map

Lecanto and the southern reaches of the Withlacoochee State Forest anchor this mid-century survey of Citrus County. The landscape is defined by its karst topography, where closed depressions like Bull Sink and various scattered water bodies such as Fivemile Pond and Mansfield Pond reveal the underlying geology of the Floridan aquifer. Human activity in the area is marked by a mixture of small settlements and extractive industry, notably the Quarry near the northwestern corner and the Holder Mine to the east.

Revised data from the 1980s reveals the expanding footprint of the Lecanto settlement area. Further south, the community of Landrum sits near the map's edge, while individual features like a lone Windmill suggest the rural agricultural character of the land outside the protected forest boundaries. This map provides a detailed view of the region's development before more modern suburban expansion altered the balance between its natural sinks and mining sites.