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1987 Map of Fish Lake

Name: 1987 Topographic Map of Fish Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1988
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1988

About this map

The Quachita River winds along the boundary of Morehouse and Union Parishes, defining a landscape dominated by the Upper Ouachita National Wildlife Refuge. This late 1980s survey captures a wilderness of sloughs, brakes, and oxbows, where human presence is largely limited to industrial and recreational outposts like Haggerty Camp and Brantley Landing. The terrain is characterized by low-lying wetlands such as White Brake and Hog Slough, punctuated by slightly elevated features like Shiloh Ridge and Hog Ridge.

Significant industrial activity is evident through an extensive Gas Field and a network of pipelines traversing the swampy ground. Names like Potato Patch and Ditched-off Lake suggest a history of localized land use within the river's floodplain. The dominance of private levees and service roads around Haggerty Camp Lake indicates the managed nature of this riparian environment, even within the protected refuge boundaries.