2020 Map of Fitler

About this map

Mississippi River shifts and sediment deposits define the landscape of the Louisiana and Mississippi border, where dynamic landforms like Fitler Bend and Newman Towhead dictate the river's course. This area of Issaquena County and East Carroll Parish is characterized by extensive wetlands and oxbow formations such as Concord Lake, Pumpkinseed Lake, and Goose Lake. The mapping of Albemarle Crevasse serves as a reminder of the river's historical power to breach levees and reshape the alluvial plain. Human presence is clustered along road networks like Fitler Rd and Levee Rd, connecting the settlements of Fitler, New Fitler, and Magna Vista. The presence of the Lookout Point Airport near Transylvania Chute indicates modern infrastructure situated within a terrain still heavily influenced by the seasonal ebb and flow of the Steele Bayou and Newsom Bayou systems.