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2015 Map of Larto Lake South

Name: 2015 Topographic Map of Larto Lake South
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2015
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2015

About this map

The Red River defines the southern portion of this landscape at the boundary of Catahoula and Avoyelles parishes. The region is dominated by an intricate network of wetlands, sloughs, and brakes, centered around the expansive Larto Lake and its associated Dry Larto Island. Small settlements like Larto and Argo are situated along the waterways, connected by roads such as La-3102 and La-124 that skirt the edges of the flood-prone terrain.

Genealogists and local historians will find several burial sites including Nichols Cem and Peas Cem near the lake’s eastern shore. The complex hydrology of the area is evident in the many named distributaries and cutoffs, such as Powell Cutoff, Cow-Pen Slough, and Saline Bayou. To the south, Columbus Ridge provides a rare point of elevation above the surrounding marshes, near where the Possum Bayou Trail winds through the bottomlands.