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1988 Map of De Loutre

Name: 1988 Topographic Map of De Loutre
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1988
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1988

About this map

Bayou de Loutre meanders through this Union Parish landscape, carving a path through a terrain defined by its complex drainage network and fossil fuel extraction. In the late 1980s, the area around De Loutre and Quigley was characterized by an extensive Gas Field, with numerous gas wells and a Pumping Station connected by a web of pipelines. The presence of an Old RR Grade south of De Loutre suggests earlier transportation patterns that once served the rural economy of north-central Louisiana.

Water dominates the topography, from the wide reach of Bayou d'Arbonne Lake in the southwest to the convergence of Cane Creek, Big Creek, and Beaver Creek. Small, isolated Cem markers indicate local family burial grounds scattered among the drainage basins of Tiger Creek and Horse Pen Creek, providing essential geographic anchors for genealogists and local historians tracing the heritage of these rural settlements.