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2015 Map of Ruddock

Name: 2015 Topographic Map of Ruddock
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2015
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2015

About this map

Ruddock sits as a central point of interest in this low-lying wetland landscape between two of Louisiana's major coastal basins. This 2015 study by the U.S. Geological Survey captures the hydrologic network of St. John the Baptist Parish, where the waters of Lake Maurepas and Lake Pontchartrain nearly converge. The infrastructure of the region is defined by the corridor of Old US-51 as it cuts through the swamp, paralleling the narrow Ruddock Canal.

The map reveals a complex system of slow-moving waterways, including Bayou Black, Bayou Desert, and Shell Bank Bayou, which weave through the marshy terrain between the larger lakes. This specialized topographic view is particularly useful for understanding the modern drainage and transit patterns in a region where solid land is at a premium and the environment is dominated by the ebb and flow of the surrounding bayous.