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1963 Map of Weeks

Name: 1963 Topographic Map of Weeks
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1981
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1981

About this map

Weeks Island dominates the landscape of this coastal survey, rising as a salt dome above the surrounding marshlands of Iberia and St. Mary Parishes. The map documents a highly engineered environment where the petroleum industry and transportation networks intersect with the Acadian wetlands. The Weeks Island Oil and Warehouse Gas Field and the Weeks Island Oil and Gas Field reveal an extensive industrial footprint, including numerous storage tanks and processing facilities connected by the Southern Pacific railroad line and the Intracoastal Waterway.

Local life is centered around the settlement of Weeks and the smaller community of Alice B near Cypremort Bayou. These communities are anchored by landmarks like the Pentecostal Ch and Ewing Cem, which offer significant value for genealogical research. The complex hydrology of the area is illustrated through a network of man-made and natural features, from the New Iberia Southern Drainage Canal to the many winding channels such as Pete Bayou and Two Mouth Bayou.