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2020 Map of Lower Sunk Lake

Name: 2020 Topographic Map of Lower Sunk Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2020
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2020

About this map

The confluence of the Mississippi River and the Red River defines this landscape on the border of Concordia Parish, Louisiana, and Adams County, Mississippi. This complex riverine environment is characterized by an intricate network of secondary waterways, including Bayou Cocodrie and Grand Cutoff Bayou, which carve through low-lying wetlands such as Dismal Swamp and Devils Swamp. The map details the hydrology of the region, featuring prominent water bodies like Lower Sunk Lake and Upper Sunk Lake, alongside various smaller lakes and bays such as Achiquot Bay and Jeff Lake.

Small riverfront settlements like Union Point, Shaw, and Black Hawk are situated along the eastern edge near the levee system, where Black Hawk Acme Levee Rd provides critical infrastructure. The interior is largely roadless except for specialized paths like McGoldrick Oil Ln, suggesting an economy tied to both natural resource extraction and flood management in a territory dominated by bayous and seasonal wetlands.