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2012 Map of Browns Lake

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

USGS Topo · Published 2012

About this map

The West Hackberry Strategic Petroleum Reserve anchors the industrial landscape of this Cameron Parish coastal region, situated just north of the expansive Browns Lake. The environment is defined by an intricate network of waterways and ridges that rise above the wetlands, including Lost Ridge, Back Ridge, and Hog Island. To the southeast, the shoreline of Calcasieu Lake is visible, connected to the interior marsh by the Shell Canal and Hog Island Gully.

Transportation and resource extraction routes are prominent, with roads like Taylor Oil Rd and Shell Oil serving the petroleum infrastructure. Local history is reflected in several family-named thoroughfares such as Maggie Hebert Rd, Jim Gray Rd, and Clarpha Rd. The map also illustrates the heavy modification of the hydrologic landscape through man-made features like the Starks North Canal and the Back Ridge Canal.