{"product_id":"map-of-tallahassee-florida-by-usgs-1999-florida-state-university-lake-munson-lake-lafayette","title":"Map of Tallahassee, Florida by USGS, 1999 – Florida State University, Lake Munson \u0026 Lake Lafayette","description":"\u003cp\u003ePublished in 2000 using data from 1999, the U.S. Geological Survey’s “Tallahassee Quadrangle” presents Florida’s capital and its surrounding landscape at the intimate 1:24,000 scale long favored for precise topographic study. The map captures Tallahassee at a moment when late twentieth-century urban growth was pressing outward into pine woods, wetlands, lakes, and rolling uplands. Its original title is spare and authoritative, reflecting the USGS quadrangle tradition: a systematic, scientifically grounded portrait of place. Here, the city is not isolated as a political center, but shown as part of a larger environmental fabric—roads, neighborhoods, university grounds, airport facilities, drainage systems, and natural corridors all set within the subtly varied terrain of north Florida.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe U.S. Geological Survey has been one of the defining cartographic institutions in American public life, producing maps that shape how land is measured, managed, developed, protected, and understood. Founded in the nineteenth century to classify public lands and natural resources, the USGS became essential to forestry, water management, engineering, environmental protection, and land-use planning. This Tallahassee sheet reflects that mission in modern form: it is both a navigational document and a civic instrument. Its symbols and contours translate the region into an analytical landscape, revealing not only where roads and settlements lie, but how elevation, hydrology, vegetation, and infrastructure interact. For planners, ecologists, surveyors, and historians, such a map becomes a record of decisions made upon the land.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTallahassee’s topography gives this quadrangle particular richness. Unlike the flatter coastal plains often associated with Florida, the capital sits amid the Red Hills region, where gentle but perceptible elevation changes shape drainage, road alignments, and patterns of development. The map’s contour lines articulate this terrain with quiet precision, tracing rises, depressions, and watersheds that underlie the urban fabric. Around the city appear lakes, wooded tracts, and low-lying wet areas characteristic of the central north Florida ecosystem. Lake Munson and Lake Lafayette, together with the broader drainage patterns feeding toward the St. Marks River system, evoke a landscape where water is both scenic and structurally important. These features reveal Tallahassee as a city built into, rather than simply upon, a living terrain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe map’s urban details are equally absorbing. The Florida State University appears as a major civic and educational landmark, while Tallahassee International Airport anchors the southwestern side of the metropolitan area and connects the capital to wider regional networks. Roads such as Capital Circle NE and U.S. Highway 27 show the framework of twentieth-century mobility, linking neighborhoods, commercial corridors, and suburban subdivisions including areas such as Killearn Estates. Smaller communities and place names—Chaires, Miccosukee, Smith Creek, and Crawfordville in the broader regional context—suggest the older settlement geography surrounding the capital. Parks, recreational lands, paths, and transportation routes are carefully differentiated, offering a layered view of how administrative, residential, educational, and leisure landscapes coexisted at the turn of the millennium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs a historical document, the “Tallahassee Quadrangle” is especially valuable for tracing the evolving relationship between human expansion and natural systems. The 1999 data preserves a snapshot of development before subsequent decades of growth altered subdivisions, roads, conservation priorities, and environmental pressures. The proximity of urban Tallahassee to larger natural regions, including the Apalachicola National Forest to the southwest and the riverine landscapes associated with the St. Marks and Sopchoppy watersheds, underscores the ecological stakes of planning in this part of Florida. Dense vegetation, lakes, wetlands, and low relief are not background decoration; they are central actors in the map’s story. In its disciplined USGS style, this quadrangle elegantly records a capital city negotiating its place within a complex and enduring natural landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCities, towns and places on this map\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTallahassee, FL\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eApalachicola National Forest\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLake Munson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLake Lafayette\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSt. Marks River\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSopchoppy River\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMiccosukee\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChaires\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSmith Creek\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCrawfordville\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKillearn Estates\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Florida State University\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTallahassee International Airport\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCapital Circle NE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUS Highway 27\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eParks and recreational areas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMilitary sites, if identified on the map\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNeighborhoods and subdivisions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrails and paths shown on the map\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHistorical context \u0026amp; cartographic details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished by the U.S. Geological Survey\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eData from 1999; published in 2000\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistorical 1:24,000 topographical map of Tallahassee, Florida, and its surroundings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFeatures data useful for environmental and urban planning\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShows nearby natural areas, urban developments, and infrastructure\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUses detailed contour lines to show elevation changes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncludes symbols for different land uses\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDepicts an intricate mix of urban areas and natural features\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShows hills, bodies of water, and dense vegetation characteristic of the central Florida ecosystem\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReflects landscape changes over time, including urban expansion and environmental alterations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHighlights the evolving relationship between human activity and natural features in the Tallahassee area\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe U.S. Geological Survey plays an important role in mapping and assessing natural resources for land use, forestry, and environmental protection\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLooking for a particular place?\u003c\/strong\u003e Review the detailed images to confirm that the town, landmark or feature you have in mind appears on the map. If you are unsure, \u003ca target=\"”_blank”\" href=\"\/es\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003eask our workshop to check before you order\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDetailed maps are especially rewarding at larger sizes, where names, boundaries and decorative features have more room to be appreciated. Use the close-up preview and size guide to choose the right scale for your wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis map looks amazing at sizes all the way up to 50in (125cm). If you are looking for a larger map, please \u003ca href=\"\/es\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003eget in touch\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe model in the listing images is holding the 16x20in (40x50cm) version of this map.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhere personalisation is available, you can add a short title or dedication, mark one meaningful place, or request one considered visual detail. \u003ca target=\"”_blank”\" href=\"\/es\/pages\/map-personalisation\"\u003eSee personalised map examples\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEvery piece is printed to museum-grade archival standards using fade-resistant pigment inks on acid-free matte paper. Choose an unframed map print, framed map or canvas using the finish options above. 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