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2012 Map of Provencal

Name: 2012 Topographic Map of Provencal
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2012
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2012

About this map

The town of Provencal serves as a central hub in this Natchitoches Parish landscape, where the local road network fans out into the surrounding piney woods and bayous. The settlement pattern is defined by several distinct communities, including Hagewood to the north and Victoria to the west. Evidence of the area's long-standing families is found in numerous rural burial grounds, such as Shiloh Cem and Vascocu Cem, which are often located near the winding watercourses that drain the region.

Water defines the geography here, with Sibley Lake in the northeast and a dense network of streams like Bayou Provencal and Bayou Souris cutting through the terrain. The Breedlove Hills provide some elevation in a landscape otherwise dominated by the floodplains of the Red River valley system. This 2012 survey captures the modern infrastructure, including the Foshee Ranch Rd and various forest service routes, laid over a traditionally timber-and-water-based economy.