Bayou Chambré – Swamp in Avoyelles, Louisiana

Identifier

GNIS Feature ID 556530

Location

State Louisiana

County Avoyelles

Feature Class Swamp

Coordinates

DMS

31°10'01"N 91°56'35"W

Decimal Degrees

31.1668516, -91.9431784

Elevation

42.65 ft (13.00 m)

USGS 7.5′ Quad Map

Quad Name Lac Sainte Agnes

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Protected Areas

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Nearest Populated Place

Bordelonville

4.7 mi SSE

Also Known As

Bayou Chambre Bayou Chambre

Hydrography

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Description

Drains SW to the Petite Riviere 9.3 mi NNE of Moreauville

History

French name meaning chamber bayou.

Nearby Features

Lac en Travers Lake · 0.6 mi S
Bayou Voinche Lake · 1.0 mi E
Bayou Voiche Stream · 1.0 mi ENE
Indian Cypress Brake Swamp · 1.1 mi NNW
La Coulee à Elphege Stream · 1.7 mi WSW
Lac Ambroise Swamp · 1.9 mi ESE
Bayou Cocodrie Stream · 2.0 mi WSW
Baie Sec Bay · 2.1 mi WSW
Lac Bryon de Chats Lake · 2.3 mi ENE
Lac Grand Bayou Lake · 2.6 mi WSW

Data Sources & Attribution

Feature data: U.S. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) – U.S. Geological Survey.
Elevation: USGS Elevation Point Query Service (EPQS).
Topographic basemap: USGS National Map.
Quad map thumbnails: USGS US Topo.
Watershed boundaries: USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD).
Protected areas: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US) – Gap Analysis Project.
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