UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 BULLETIN No. 652 



(Revision of Department Bulletin 71) 



Contribution from the Office of Public Roads and Rural Engineering 

 LOGAN WALLER PAGE, Director 



Washington, D. C. 



PROFESSIONAL PAPER 



June 6, 1918 



THE WET LANDS OF SOUTHERN 

 LOUISIANA AND THEIR DRAINAGE 



By 

 CHARLES W. OKEY 



Senior Drainage Engineer 



CONTENTS 



Introduction 1 



Location and General Conditions 2 



Description of Reclamation Districts 21 



Results of Investigations of Reclaimed Tracts 37 



WASHINGTON 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



1918 



