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2020 Map of Morgan City

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

USGS Topo · Published 2020

About this map

Berwick Bay serves as the central focal point of this coastal Louisiana landscape, separating the communities of Berwick and Morgan City. The intricate relationship between the land and the surrounding marsh is documented through the expansive Atchafalaya Basin Floodway and the critical shipping artery of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. This survey details the urban layout of several neighborhoods including Wyandotte, Siracusaville, and Greenwood, as well as the more industrial developments along Bayou Boeuf.

South of the main settlements, the map transitions into the extensive wetlands of Avoca Island and Bateman Island, where the Lower Atchafalaya River meets a network of smaller channels like Simmons Bayou and Bayou Shaffer. Genealogists will find three distinct burial grounds marked on the sheet: Bradley Cem, Berwick Memorial Cem, and Morgan City Cem. The presence of the Atchafalaya Basin Floodway Levee underscores the engineering required to protect these communities in the delta environment.