SOIL SURVEY OF BRADFORD COUNTY, FLORIDA.* * 
By W. C. Byers, Arthur E. Taylor, J. B. R. Dickey, and N. M. Kirk. 
DESCRIPTION OF THE AREA. 
Bradford County lies in the northeastern part of Florida. It is 
irregular in shape and is •bounded on the north by Baker County, on 
the east by Clay County, on the south by Alachua County, from 
which it is separated by Santa Fe Lake and the Santa Fe River, and 
on the west by Columbia County, the western boundary being 
formed by Olustee Creek. The county has a maximum width of 
Fig. 71.—Sketch map showing the location of Bradford County. 
about 30 miles from north to south, and a length of 32 miles from 
east to west. It has a total area of 539 square miles, or 344,960 
acres. 
Bradford County lies wholly within the Coastal Plain. The 
divide between the Gulf and the Atlantic Ocean is just a few miles 
*An edition of this paper was issued by the U. S. Bureau of Soils, July 24, 
* 9 * 4 , as Advance Sheet Field Operations of the Bureau of Soils, 1913. 
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