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1994 Map of Lake Penchant

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

USGS Topo · Published 1994

About this map

Lake Penchant dominates this coastal Louisiana landscape, a watery expanse in a region defined by complex bayous and industrial energy extraction. The intersection of the state's natural hydrology and its oil and gas economy is visible throughout the quadrangle, with the Bayou Penchant Oil and Gas Field and Lake De Cade Gas Field sprawling across the marshlands. A network of man-made features like the Muth Canal, Florence Canal, and various pipelines cut through the wetlands, illustrating how the environment has been engineered to facilitate resource recovery.

Waterways like Bayou Penchant and Turtle Bayou provide the primary natural drainage, while named landmarks such as Bleux Island and Jug Lake offer points of reference in the shifting terrain. Small landing sites or named points such as Decade, Copasaw, and Carrion indicate localized activity within the vast Bayou Copasaw Gas Field, serving as vital markers for those navigating the Terrebonne Parish interior.