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1955 Map of Hog Bayou

Name: 1955 Topographic Map of Hog Bayou
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1956
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1956

About this map

Grand Cheniere Ridge defines the northern inhabited strip of this coastal landscape, providing stable ground for the St Eugene Ch and scattered structures along the Cow Island and Tiger Island elevations. This mid-1950s survey captures the extensive marshland of the Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge and Game Preserve before subsequent decades of coastal erosion and subsidence significantly altered the shoreline.

The map reveals a complex hydrologic network of natural bayous like Hog Bayou and Pren Bayou alongside human-engineered features such as the Little Pecan Canal and various unnamed ditches. While the southern half is dominated by the Gulf of Mexico, the interior marsh is dotted with numerous shallow bodies of water, including Miller Lake, Alligator Lake, and Crab Lake, reflecting an era of active gas exploration evidenced by the numerous Gas Wells and an offshore Platform.