2015 Map of Oyster Bayou
USGS Topo · Published 2015About this map
Point Au Fer Island dominates the upper half of this coastal survey, where the marshlands of Terrebonne Parish meet the Gulf of Mexico. This map documents a dynamic landscape of transition, characterized by intricate tidal waterways like Little Mosquito Bayou and Voluvia Bayou. The interior is largely defined by open water bodies such as Bay Castagnier, which feed into the primary outlet of Oyster Bayou. The survey reveals the precarious nature of the Louisiana shoreline, where vast reaches of the gulf have overtaken what was once a more extensive marshland. The grid lines of the Public Land Survey System, including t21s r12e and t21s r13e, provide a rigid framework over this fluid, shifting environment, illustrating the intersection of formal geography and the encroaching sea.
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Editions of this 2015 Oyster Bayou Map
This is the sole edition of this map. No revisions or reprints were ever made.
Other maps of this area
1932 · Lake Decade
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1935 · Oyster Bayou
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1945 · New Orleans
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1957 · Lake Decade
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1957 · Oyster Bayou
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1957 · Point Au Fer
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1963 · New Orleans
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1966 · New Orleans
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1970 · Point Au Fer
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1974 · Lost Lake
USGS Topo · 1:24,000