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1971 Map of Vivian North

Name: 1971 Topographic Map of Vivian North
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1973
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1973

About this map

The waters of Black Bayou Lake and the branching Black Bayou dominate this landscape in Caddo Parish, reflecting a region defined by its oil-rich geology and river-fed lowlands. By the early 1970s, the extensive Rodessa Oil and Gas Field and Hosston Oil and Gas Field were well-established, with dozens of Oil Wells and a network of pipelines crossing the terrain. The presence of settlements like Rodessa, Ida, and Vivian indicates a community long supported by both the energy industry and the transport hubs provided by the Kansas City Southern and Texas and Pacific railroads.

Local history is preserved in the numerous country churches and cemeteries that dot the landscape, such as Antioch Cem and Caddo Prairie Ch. Industrial and utility landmarks, including the Mira Lookout Tower and a Radio Tower (KNCB), stand alongside smaller-scale agricultural features like the Myrtis Mill Pond and various Gravel Pits, showing how the land was adapted for both extraction and local commerce.