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2015 Map of Red Level

Name: 2015 Topographic Map of Red Level
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2015
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2015

About this map

Crystal River flows through a complex network of coastal marshlands and islands as it meets the Gulf of Mexico in this 2015 survey of Citrus County. The landscape is defined by the engineered path of the Cross Florida Barge Canal to the north, contrasted with the winding natural hydrology of Cross Creek, Kings Creek, and the Salt River. This coastal transition zone includes a dense collection of named islands and keys, such as Burtine Island, Fort Island, and Mullet Key, interspersed with tidal passages like South Pass and Little South Pass.

Settlement is concentrated along the eastern edge of the map in Yankeetown and Red Level, where a modern residential grid intersects with the Red Level Cemetery. The southern shoreline features the public access at Fort Island Beach, providing a terrestrial anchor to the vast marine environment of Crystal Bay and the offshore Crystal Reef. This map documents a unique intersection of 20th-century canal engineering and the preserved natural drainage of the Florida Gulf Coast.