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1954 Map of Kisatchie

Name: 1954 Topographic Map of Kisatchie
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1963
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1963

About this map

Kisatchie National Forest dominates the upper half of this mid-century survey, where the rugged topography is defined by the winding course of Bayou Kisatchie and its numerous tributaries like Little Sandy Creek. In the central and southern portions, the landscape transitions from protected forest to the active training grounds of the Fort Polk Military Reservation, including the Peason Ridge Artillery Range.

Evidence of earlier industry and community life appears in the form of a dismantled railroad and several rural congregations, such as Kisatchie Baptist Church and Sunny Hill Church. Geologists and researchers can trace the elevations of Peason Ridge while genealogists can locate family names at Robinson Cem, Bellview Cem, and Old Bellwood Cem & Ch. The presence of the Kisatchie Lookout Tower and Kurthwood Fire Tower underscores the region's historical reliance on fire monitoring throughout the timber-heavy terrain of Natchitoches and Vernon Parishes.