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1983 Map of Manifest

Name: 1983 Topographic Map of Manifest
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1984
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1984

About this map

Manifest serves as the central hub of this Catahoula Parish landscape, where the flat alluvial plains of the south meet the rising, dissected terrain of the north. The area's social fabric is anchored by landmarks like the Manifest Sch and several family burial grounds, including the Heard Cem and Huffman Cem. Water dominates the southern half of the sheet, where an intricate network of lakes and bayous like Sandy Lake and Long Lake are managed by a series of levees and spoil banks.

Evidence of historical industry and transportation is scattered throughout, from the Old RR Grade winding through the northwest to the Gravel Pits near Hawthorne Creek. The transition from the dense woodlands surrounding Brushy Creek to the open wetlands of Thomas Brake illustrates the complex drainage patterns of the Louisiana interior. Notable rural congregations, such as Birds Creek Ch and Oak Grove Ch, are positioned along the winding roads that connect these scattered settlements.