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1971 Map of Port Mayaca

Name: 1971 Topographic Map of Port Mayaca
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1976
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1976

About this map

Port Mayaca sits at a critical junction of Florida's hydraulic engineering, where the St Lucie Canal meets the eastern shore of Lake Okeechobee. This orthophotomap, based on 1970 aerial photography, reveals a landscape defined by industrial-scale agriculture and water management. The rigid geometry of rectangular groves and fields contrasts sharply with the untamed wetlands further inland, separated by the massive Florida East Coast Dyke and the Okeechobee Waterway.

Logistics and transport dominate the eastern edge of the lake, with the Florida East Coast railway running parallel to the shore. Local landmarks such as the Macedonia Ch and an isolated Landing Strip provide specific points of reference within the agricultural grid. The boundary between Martin Co and Palm Beach Co cuts across the center of the sheet, highlighting the division of this productive muck-soil region during the early 1970s.