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1994 Map of Iowa

Name: 1994 Topographic Map of Iowa
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1996
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1996

About this map

The Iowa Oil and Gas Field and Holmwood Oil and Gas Field define the economic landscape of this Calcasieu Parish region in the mid-1990s. The terrain is deeply shaped by hydraulic management, featuring the Government Ditch, Indian Bayou Canal, and an extensive levee system that protects low-lying agricultural and industrial lands.

Settlement patterns reveal a mixture of small communities and specialized sites like the Southwest Louisiana Boys Village near Chloe. Smaller locales such as Manchester, Bellevue, and Bon Air dot the map, while the town of Iowa occupies the northeastern corner. This survey documents the intersection of oil extraction and water control, tracing the legacy of land development along English Bayou and the East Fork of the local waterway system.