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1981 Map of Pickett Bay

Name: 1981 Topographic Map of Pickett Bay
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1982
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1982

About this map

The Thousand Yard Bay and Pickett Bay wetlands dominate this coastal Florida landscape, where the Crooked River and New River snake through dense swamp and timberland. This 1981 orthophotomap, based on aerial photography from the mid-1970s, captures the remnant footprints of early industrial and settlement history, notably the site of Harbeson City (abandoned) near the confluence of the river and Cypress Slough.

Evidence of the region's logging and maritime past is visible through features like Mill Pond Landing and the traces of an Old Railroad cutting through the northern woods. Private logging roads like Gully Branch (Private) Road provide access to interior points like the Gully Branch Recreation Area and Pope Place, while water features like Sunday Rollaway and Thompson Cutoff suggest a landscape defined by seasonal water movement and timber transport.