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2019 Map of Masontown

Name: 2019 Topographic Map of Masontown
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2019
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2019

About this map

Croatan National Forest dominates the interior of this coastal plain landscape, where the headwaters of several significant drainage systems converge. The map illustrates a complex hydrologic network including the Northwest Prong Newport River and the Southwest Prong Slocum Cr, which move through the densely vegetated Lakes Pocosin. This wetland environment is further defined by a series of man-made channels like N Canal, Middle Canal, and E Canal that radiate from Little Lake near Camp Bryan, indicating historical attempts to manage water levels in these pocosin lands.

Residential and industrial development is concentrated along the northeastern and southeastern corridors. The city of Havelock appears in the north, while smaller settlements such as Masontown and Holly Springs sit along the roadway networks to the south. Local aviation history is represented by the Circle P Farm Airport, located near the junction of Gales Creek Rd and Landfill RD. The boundary between Craven Co and Carteret Co bisects the forest, marking a political division through the nearly trackless wilderness of the pocosin.