2020 Map of Kraemer

About this map

Bayou Lafourche anchors the southern boundary of this Louisiana landscape, where the transition from agricultural plantation lands to the deep wetlands of the Rathborne Swamp is clearly visible. The map documents a classic South Louisiana settlement pattern, with communities like Rousseau, Ewing, and Melodia Plantation clustered near the bayou's natural levee while narrow roads like Ariel Plantation Rd and Bush Grove Rd extend into the surrounding fields. Further north, the dense hydrologic network of Grand Bayou, Bayou Ours, and the Pitré-Bening Canal defines the wilderness between Choctaw and Kraemer. These waterways, including the winding Bayou Jean Webre and Bayou Rond Pompon, illustrate the complex drainage systems essential to life and industry in Lafourche Parish, showing how man-made canals and natural bayous coexist in this water-dominated environment.