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1955 Map of Nutall Rise

Name: 1955 Topographic Map of Nutall Rise
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1956
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1956

About this map

The Aucilla River and Wacissa River converge in this low-lying stretch of the Florida panhandle along the border of Jefferson and Taylor counties. The landscape is defined by its complex hydrology, featuring numerous watercourses like Rose Creek and Cow Creek, alongside the protected marshes of the St Marks National Wildlife Refuge. Small settlements such as Nutall Rise and Cabbage Grove punctuate the terrain, which was historically shaped by timber and transport.

Evidence of former industrial activity is scattered across the quadrangle, notably seen in the various Old Railroad Grades that once supported the region's logging or naval stores economy. These terrestrial remains, along with the Lookout Tower near the Taylor County line and several Borrow Pits, provide a clear picture of how human enterprise adapted to the wet, difficult environment of the Big Bend region in the mid-1950s.