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1972 Map of Grand Cane

Name: 1972 Topographic Map of Grand Cane
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1974
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1974

About this map

The town of Grand Cane sits at the center of this early 1970s survey, surrounded by a landscape defined by both timbered creek bottoms and active energy extraction. The local topography is drained by a network of waterways including Cook Creek, Grand Cane Bayou, and Little Bayou Na Bonchasse, with the southern reaches transitioning into the broad Southerland Bottom. This era shows the extensive development of the regional energy industry, marked by the North Grand Cane Oil and Gas Field and the Spider Gas Field, with numerous pipelines and drill holes dotting the countryside.

Local history and genealogy are well-represented by several rural congregations and family burial grounds, such as Old Zion Ch, Friendship Cem, and the Cook Cem. Transport and infrastructure are noted through the De Soto Parish Airfield and the trace of an Old Railroad Grade, showing how the community moved through the terrain as the local economy shifted from rail-based commerce toward oil and gas production.