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2012 Map of Black Bay North

Name: 2012 Topographic Map of Black Bay North
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2012
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2012

About this map

North Black Bay Oil and Gas Field and the Lake Campo Gas Field anchor the southern reaches of this intricate marshland landscape in Saint Bernard Parish. The terrain is defined by a complex network of coastal waterways, where the waters of Lake Jean Louis Robin and the Lake of Second Trees meet a fragmented shoreline of named points and islands. This area, largely inaccessible by road, shows the heavy footprint of energy extraction within the delicate Mississippi River Delta ecosystem, marked by several prominent oil and gas fields.

Navigable channels such as Bayou Grande, Bayou Numa, and Bayou la Lagune weave through the wetland, connecting larger bodies of water like Lake Fortuna and Lake Calebasse. The map documents numerous named landforms that provide critical orientation in this water-dominated environment, including Grand Coquille Point, Grise Bourbe Island, and Snake Island. These features illustrate the precarious balance between the natural deltaic formations and the industrial infrastructure necessary for offshore and marsh-based resource production.