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2024 Map of Saint Cloud North

Name: 2024 Topographic Map of Saint Cloud North
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2024
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2024

About this map

East Lake Tohopekaliga dominates this landscape, its vast shoreline anchoring a rapidly developing corridor between Orlando and St. Cloud. The map illustrates the suburban expansion around Buenaventura Lakes and Meadow Woods, where modern residential street grids like Chicago Woods Cir and Late Morning Cir meet the region's historical wetlands. Significant institutional growth is evident in the north, featuring the University of Central Florida College of Medicine and the University of Florida Academic and Research Center.

Tracing the waterways reveals a network of canals and sloughs, including Partin Canal, Fennel Slough, and Saint Cloud Canal, which reflect long-standing efforts to manage the Central Florida basin. Local heritage is preserved at sites like the Barber Cem and Osceola Memory Gardens Cemetery, while natural features like Hillard Island and Boggy Creek Swamp remain as markers of the area's original terrain before the mid-20th-century housing boom.