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FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY-I4TH ANNUAL REPORT 
FUTURE INVESTIGATIONS AND PLANS 
TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING 
In the prosecution of any detailed work, accurate maps are an essen¬ 
tial. They form the basis for all investigations dealing with surveys of 
every character. This Department has consistently urged that the topo¬ 
graphic mapping prosecuted by the United States Geological Survey 
should be encouraged and that the Florida Survey should have a spe¬ 
cific appropriation for the purpose of entering into co-operation with 
the Federal Survey and assist in such mapping in Florida. 
WATER POWERS 
The Survey recognizes the importance of stream-flow records as well 
as other data relative to the water-power possibilities of our several 
streams. It is well known that the factor of prime consideration in the 
location of industrial enterprises is cheap power. In water-power devel¬ 
opment it is not expected that Florida will measure up to such other 
Southern states as have mountainous districts within their borders, but 
there are many smaller water-power sites that should be made use of. 
At the present time there are only three (not to mention the several small 
grist mill sites of West Florida particularly) developed water powers in 
the state, as follows: On the Hillsborough River, formerly used as the 
source of power for the city of Tampa, but is now used only as an auxil¬ 
iary; on the Withlacoochee River, about ten miles below Dunnellon, 
which supplies power to the phosphate mines and to several of the 
larger towns in that region; lastly, the small water power recently devel¬ 
oped in Jackson County. There are other sites that have been sur¬ 
veyed, and this work should be encouraged to every possible extent by 
having- as much data available on the watersheds of our several streams, 
flow measurements, and such other detailed information as can be pro¬ 
cured. It should be made possible for the Florida Survey to co-operate 
with the Water Resources Branch of the United States Geological Sur¬ 
vey in preparing a report on this resource. 
GEOGRAPHY AND VEGETATION OE THE STATE 
The northern and central portions of the state have been treated in 
detail with respect to mapping the distribution of the vegetation and 
with respect to the geography. It is planned to carry this character of 
investigation to the southern portion of the state and, if found practi¬ 
cable, to combine the previous reports, making for the state, as a whole, 
