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1973 Map of New Harmony

Name: 1973 Topographic Map of New Harmony
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1987
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1987

About this map

The Shoal River snakes through this northern Florida landscape, defining a region where dense wetlands meet the high ground of Fox Hill. In the early 1970s, the rural community of New Harmony remained a primary settlement point, while the southern reaches of the map show a complex network of coastal bays including Piney Woods Bay, Dios Bay, and Turner Bay. These "bays" here are not open water but characteristic swampy depressions, typical of the Florida panhandle's interior drainage patterns.

Local life and industry are marked by the presence of Crowder Ch and a Girl Scout Camp near the riverbanks. The landscape is heavily influenced by water, with a vast array of named branches like Mossy Head Branch and Little Long Creek feeding into the main river system. Transportation and utility corridors are evident through the CSX railroad line and several large pipelines that cut across the varied terrain of Walton County.