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1983 Map of Richard

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

USGS Topo · Published 1983

About this map

Richard and the surrounding agricultural lands of the St Landry Parish and Acadia Parish border appear here in the early 1980s. The settlement pattern is defined by rural education and worship, anchored by the Acadia Academy and nearby churches like St Edwards Ch and Pilgrim Rest Ch. A network of irrigation ditches and gullies, such as Blaise Lejeune Gully and the Grande Coulee Ditch, supports the local prairie landscape, while numerous landing strips including the S and S Landing Strip suggest the importance of aerial crop dusting or private aviation in this region.

Energy production is a dominant industrial feature, with the landscape dotted by wells and infrastructure from the Bayou Mallet Oil and Gas Field and the Savoy Oil and Gas Field. Family names are preserved through small community centers and cemeteries like Prudhomme, Pitreville, and the Harmon Brigman Cem, providing a clear record of the local genealogy during this era of Louisiana's inland development.