Map of Breaux Bridge, Louisiana by USGS, 1998: Lafayette, Bayou Teche & Vermilion River
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Published in 2000 from 1998 survey information, the U.S. Geological Survey’s “Breaux Bridge” presents a finely observed 1:24,000 topographical portrait of south-central...
Continue readingPublished in 2000 from 1998 survey information, the U.S. Geological Survey’s “Breaux Bridge” presents a finely observed 1:24,000 topographical portrait of south-central Louisiana at the close of the twentieth century. Centered on the celebrated town of Breaux Bridge and its surrounding lowlands, the map records a landscape shaped by water, roadways, settlement, and agriculture. Its title is modest, but the sheet captures a culturally rich corner of Acadiana, where Cajun heritage, bayou geography, and modern infrastructure intersect. The familiar USGS visual language—blue waterways, green vegetated areas, black cultural features, and brown contouring—creates a precise yet elegant reading of terrain that is subtle rather than dramatic, defined by drainage, levees, canals, and the gentle elevations of Louisiana’s coastal plain.
Breaux Bridge itself occupies a special place in Louisiana’s cultural imagination, widely known as a center of Cajun cuisine, music, and community life. The map situates the town within its broader physical setting, showing how streets, highways, railways, residential districts, farms, and watercourses combine to form a distinctive regional pattern. Nearby Lafayette, a larger urban center and cultural capital of Acadiana, gives the surrounding area additional significance, linking Breaux Bridge to a wider network of commerce and travel. Roads and highways articulate the practical geography of the late 1990s, revealing the corridors along which development expanded, while smaller local routes preserve the more intimate scale of rural settlement and parish life.
Water is the defining presence on this map. Bayou Teche, one of Louisiana’s storied waterways, lends historical and environmental depth to the region, recalling centuries of Indigenous presence, colonial movement, plantation agriculture, and Cajun settlement. The Vermilion River and numerous ponds, wetlands, canals, and drainage systems further illustrate the hydraulic complexity of the landscape. In southern Louisiana, topography is inseparable from water management: slight changes in elevation influence farming, settlement, flooding, and conservation. The USGS depiction of bayous, lakes, ditches, and wet ground gives the map both practical value and atmospheric richness, evoking a place where land and water continually negotiate their boundaries.
The cartographic style is classic late twentieth-century USGS: clear, disciplined, and information dense without sacrificing legibility. Contour lines and elevation markings describe a gently sloping terrain, while hachures and other topographic conventions help clarify subtle relief in a landscape where dramatic mountains are absent but small variations matter enormously. Vegetation and wetland symbols distinguish natural areas from cultivated and developed land, allowing the viewer to read ecological texture as well as settlement structure. Parks, reserves, farms, railways, and drainage works appear as part of a single integrated system. The result is a map that rewards close study, revealing how human planning adapts to a low, water-shaped environment.
As a historical document, “Breaux Bridge” captures a moment when Acadiana was balancing growth, conservation, and continuity. By the late 1990s, residential expansion, road improvements, agricultural land use, and wetland protection all left visible traces on the mapped landscape. The U.S. Geological Survey, long respected for its rigorous national mapping program, produced such quadrangles to support engineering, environmental research, land management, emergency planning, and civic development. Here that scientific purpose yields a quietly evocative record of place. The map preserves the spatial character of Breaux Bridge and its environs at a particular moment in time, making visible the enduring relationship between Cajun culture, bayou ecology, and the practical geography of everyday life.
Cities, towns and places on this map
- Breaux Bridge
- Lafayette
- Bayou Teche
- Vermilion River
- Lakes, ponds and wetlands
- Roads and highways
- Railways
- Parks and natural reserves
- Residential areas and farms
- Canals and drainage systems
Historical context & cartographic details
- Historical 1:24,000 topographical map of Breaux Bridge, Louisiana and the surrounding area.
- Produced by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
- Dated 1998 and published with a 2000 imprint.
- Shows the populated place of Breaux Bridge, nearby water bodies, road networks and natural features.
- Breaux Bridge is known for its Cajun culture, cuisine and music, as well as its surrounding wetland habitats.
- Uses a classic topographical color palette to show elevation change, water bodies and vegetation.
- Includes contour lines, hachures and elevation markings to depict the gently sloping terrain of southern Louisiana.
- Reflects late-1990s land use, development, conservation efforts and drainage systems.
Looking for a particular place? Review the detailed images to confirm that the town, landmark or feature you have in mind appears on the map. If you are unsure, ask our workshop to check before you order.
Detailed maps are especially rewarding at larger sizes, where names, boundaries and decorative features have more room to be appreciated. Use the close-up preview and size guide to choose the right scale for your wall.
This map looks amazing at sizes all the way up to 50in (125cm). If you are looking for a larger map, please get in touch.
The model in the listing images is holding the 16x20in (40x50cm) version of this map.
Where personalisation is available, you can add a short title or dedication, mark one meaningful place, or request one considered visual detail. See personalised map examples.
Every piece is printed to museum-grade archival standards using fade-resistant pigment inks on acid-free matte paper. Choose an unframed map print, framed map or canvas using the finish options above. Framed maps use crystal-clear optical acrylic and arrive ready to hang.
With its rich detail and strong sense of place, this map makes a considered gift for a new home, anniversary, retirement or anyone with a personal connection to the area shown. Still deciding? Explore our collection of rare old and vintage maps to discover another place, period or style.
This map is also available as a float framed canvas, sometimes known as a shadow gap framed canvas or canvas floater. The map is printed on artist's cotton canvas and then stretched over a handmade box frame. We then "float" the canvas inside a wooden frame, which is available in a range of colours (black, dark brown, oak, antique gold and white). This is a wonderful way to present a map without glazing in front. See some examples of float framed canvas maps and explore the differences between my different finishes.
For something truly unique, this map is also available in "Unique 3D", our trademarked process that dramatically transforms the map so that it has a wonderful sense of depth. We combine the original map with detailed topography and elevation data, so that mountains and the terrain really "pop". For more info and examples of 3D maps, check my Unique 3D page.
Published in 2000 from 1998 survey information, the U.S. Geological Survey’s “Breaux Bridge” presents a finely observed 1:24,000 topographical portrait of south-central Louisiana at the close of the twentieth century. Centered on the celebrated town of Breaux Bridge and its surrounding lowlands, the map records a landscape shaped by water, roadways, settlement, and agriculture. Its title is modest, but the sheet captures a culturally rich corner of Acadiana, where Cajun heritage, bayou geography, and modern infrastructure intersect. The familiar USGS visual language—blue waterways, green vegetated areas, black cultural features, and brown contouring—creates a precise yet elegant reading of terrain that is subtle rather than dramatic, defined by drainage, levees, canals, and the gentle elevations of Louisiana’s coastal plain.
Breaux Bridge itself occupies a special place in Louisiana’s cultural imagination, widely known as a center of Cajun cuisine, music, and community life. The map situates the town within its broader physical setting, showing how streets, highways, railways, residential districts, farms, and watercourses combine to form a distinctive regional pattern. Nearby Lafayette, a larger urban center and cultural capital of Acadiana, gives the surrounding area additional significance, linking Breaux Bridge to a wider network of commerce and travel. Roads and highways articulate the practical geography of the late 1990s, revealing the corridors along which development expanded, while smaller local routes preserve the more intimate scale of rural settlement and parish life.
Water is the defining presence on this map. Bayou Teche, one of Louisiana’s storied waterways, lends historical and environmental depth to the region, recalling centuries of Indigenous presence, colonial movement, plantation agriculture, and Cajun settlement. The Vermilion River and numerous ponds, wetlands, canals, and drainage systems further illustrate the hydraulic complexity of the landscape. In southern Louisiana, topography is inseparable from water management: slight changes in elevation influence farming, settlement, flooding, and conservation. The USGS depiction of bayous, lakes, ditches, and wet ground gives the map both practical value and atmospheric richness, evoking a place where land and water continually negotiate their boundaries.
The cartographic style is classic late twentieth-century USGS: clear, disciplined, and information dense without sacrificing legibility. Contour lines and elevation markings describe a gently sloping terrain, while hachures and other topographic conventions help clarify subtle relief in a landscape where dramatic mountains are absent but small variations matter enormously. Vegetation and wetland symbols distinguish natural areas from cultivated and developed land, allowing the viewer to read ecological texture as well as settlement structure. Parks, reserves, farms, railways, and drainage works appear as part of a single integrated system. The result is a map that rewards close study, revealing how human planning adapts to a low, water-shaped environment.
As a historical document, “Breaux Bridge” captures a moment when Acadiana was balancing growth, conservation, and continuity. By the late 1990s, residential expansion, road improvements, agricultural land use, and wetland protection all left visible traces on the mapped landscape. The U.S. Geological Survey, long respected for its rigorous national mapping program, produced such quadrangles to support engineering, environmental research, land management, emergency planning, and civic development. Here that scientific purpose yields a quietly evocative record of place. The map preserves the spatial character of Breaux Bridge and its environs at a particular moment in time, making visible the enduring relationship between Cajun culture, bayou ecology, and the practical geography of everyday life.
Cities, towns and places on this map
- Breaux Bridge
- Lafayette
- Bayou Teche
- Vermilion River
- Lakes, ponds and wetlands
- Roads and highways
- Railways
- Parks and natural reserves
- Residential areas and farms
- Canals and drainage systems
Historical context & cartographic details
- Historical 1:24,000 topographical map of Breaux Bridge, Louisiana and the surrounding area.
- Produced by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
- Dated 1998 and published with a 2000 imprint.
- Shows the populated place of Breaux Bridge, nearby water bodies, road networks and natural features.
- Breaux Bridge is known for its Cajun culture, cuisine and music, as well as its surrounding wetland habitats.
- Uses a classic topographical color palette to show elevation change, water bodies and vegetation.
- Includes contour lines, hachures and elevation markings to depict the gently sloping terrain of southern Louisiana.
- Reflects late-1990s land use, development, conservation efforts and drainage systems.
Looking for a particular place? Review the detailed images to confirm that the town, landmark or feature you have in mind appears on the map. If you are unsure, ask our workshop to check before you order.
Detailed maps are especially rewarding at larger sizes, where names, boundaries and decorative features have more room to be appreciated. Use the close-up preview and size guide to choose the right scale for your wall.
This map looks amazing at sizes all the way up to 50in (125cm). If you are looking for a larger map, please get in touch.
The model in the listing images is holding the 16x20in (40x50cm) version of this map.
Where personalisation is available, you can add a short title or dedication, mark one meaningful place, or request one considered visual detail. See personalised map examples.
Every piece is printed to museum-grade archival standards using fade-resistant pigment inks on acid-free matte paper. Choose an unframed map print, framed map or canvas using the finish options above. Framed maps use crystal-clear optical acrylic and arrive ready to hang.
With its rich detail and strong sense of place, this map makes a considered gift for a new home, anniversary, retirement or anyone with a personal connection to the area shown. Still deciding? Explore our collection of rare old and vintage maps to discover another place, period or style.
This map is also available as a float framed canvas, sometimes known as a shadow gap framed canvas or canvas floater. The map is printed on artist's cotton canvas and then stretched over a handmade box frame. We then "float" the canvas inside a wooden frame, which is available in a range of colours (black, dark brown, oak, antique gold and white). This is a wonderful way to present a map without glazing in front. See some examples of float framed canvas maps and explore the differences between my different finishes.
For something truly unique, this map is also available in "Unique 3D", our trademarked process that dramatically transforms the map so that it has a wonderful sense of depth. We combine the original map with detailed topography and elevation data, so that mountains and the terrain really "pop". For more info and examples of 3D maps, check my Unique 3D page.
Many of our maps and art prints are chosen as thoughtful gifts for homes, offices, studies and meaningful places.
Choose a framed option for the easiest ready-to-hang gift, or choose an unframed print if the recipient may prefer to select their own frame.
We make orders locally in 23 countries around the world, so gifts can often be produced close to the recipient. This helps them arrive faster, travel more safely, and avoid customs or import duty surprises.
- We can deliver directly to the recipient
- Framed pieces arrive ready to hang
- Unframed prints are carefully packed in a strong protective tube
- Almost every order is made locally, for faster, safer gifting
- 90-day returns give the recipient time to decide
If you are not sure what to choose, please contact us. We can help you pick the right map, size, finish or delivery option.
Most orders are made locally and delivered in around 2–3 working days, depending on the product, size and destination.
We print and frame maps and artwork in 23 countries around the world, so your order is usually made close to you or your recipient. That means faster delivery, less time in transit, and no customs or import duty surprises.
Personalised and customised pieces usually take an extra 1–2 working days, because we prepare your design and send it to you for approval before printing.
Very large framed orders can take a little longer, as they need extra care in production and delivery.
Every order is carefully packaged: unframed prints are sent in a strong protective tube, while framed pieces are securely packed with protective materials around the frame.
If you need your order by a particular date, please contact us before ordering. We’ll check the best production route and delivery option for your location.
Express delivery is available at checkout for most countries. Next-day delivery is available in the UK, US, Singapore and the UAE.
Your order is covered by our 90-day returns policy and 10-year guarantee.
Our standard frame is a gallery-style black ash hardwood frame, with a simple, modern look. It is approximately 20mm (0.8in) wide. You can also view some lovely customer photos of framed maps and art.
We use super-clear acrylic glazing, also known as Perspex or Acrylite, instead of traditional glass. It is lighter, safer, and has lower reflectivity, giving the artwork a clearer, cleaner appearance.
Six standard frame colours are available at no extra cost: black, dark brown, dark grey, oak, white, and antique gold. Custom framing and mounting/matting is also available for customers looking for something more specific.
Most maps, art prints, and illustrations are also available as a framed canvas. We use matte cotton canvas, stretch it over a sustainably sourced wooden box frame, and then float the piece within a wooden outer frame. The finished result is beautifully presented, with no glazing between you and the artwork.
All frames are supplied ready to hang, with either string or brackets fitted to the back. Very large frames will include heavy-duty hanging plates and/or a mounting baton. If you have any questions, please get in touch.
We can also supply old maps and artwork on canvas, foam board, cotton rag, and other materials.
If you would prefer to frame your map or artwork yourself, please read our size guide before ordering.
Every Unique Maps piece begins with an authentic cartographic source or an original design from our London studio.
For our historic maps, we source rare originals from libraries, archives, auction houses and private collections around the world. We carefully restore each map for print—repairing age-related damage, balancing colour and improving clarity while preserving its original detail, texture and character.
Once restored, the map is prepared for your chosen size and finish. Your piece is then printed and, where selected, framed close to its delivery destination.
Our map prints use acid-free 200gsm archival matte paper and fade-resistant pigment inks, creating a rich, non-glossy finish designed to last. Framed maps use crystal-clear optical acrylic and arrive ready to hang.
Canvas, cotton-rag and other specialist presentations are also available. Learn more about our materials and finishes.
Personalising your map
You can add a short title or dedication, mark one meaningful place, or request one considered visual detail. For personalised designs, we send a proof before printing and you can request changes before approval.
For more complex bespoke commissions, contact our design team.
Original or Aged
Choose Original for true-to-source colour, or Aged for a warmer, richer antique character created with our specialist ageing process. See examples of our Aged maps.
We’ve been restoring and producing maps and art prints since 1984, and we stand behind every piece.
Every order is covered by our 10-year guarantee and damage-free delivery guarantee. If your piece arrives damaged, we’ll replace or remake it free of charge. If anything else isn’t right, contact our workshop team and we’ll put it right promptly.
See our returns and refund policy for full details.
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