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1985 Map of Lacassine

Name: 1985 Topographic Map of Lacassine
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1985
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1985

About this map

Lacassine and Iowa anchor this 1980s landscape, where the flat coastal plains of Louisiana are defined by an intricate network of water management. The map reveals how the natural flow of West Bayou Lacassine and Lacassine Bayou is supplemented by a grid of engineered waterways, including the Louisiana Canal, Niblett Canal, and Doucet Canal. This infrastructure supports the region's agricultural character, woven between the established tracks of the Southern Pacific and Missouri Pacific railroads.

Further south, the terrain transitions into the marshy reaches near Verret, where Indian Bayou and Chene Bayou meander through the wetlands. The presence of several Cem sites and a remote Landing Strip suggests a rural life deeply tied to the land and its bayous. Researchers can trace the precise parish boundary between Calcasieu and Jefferson Davis as it cuts through these waterways and industrial pumping stations.