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Aerial photo map of False River. False River ( French: Lac False River) is an oxbow lake located in southeastern Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana centered at 30°38′19″N 91°29′04″W This lake was once the main channel of the Mississippi River in this area, but was cut off in about 1722 when seasonal flooding cut a shorter channel to the ...
The yearly average temperature for Baton Rouge is 68.4 °F (20.2 °C) while the average temperature for January is 51.7 °F (10.9 °C) and July is 83.0 °F (28.3 °C). [56] The area is usually free from extremes in temperature, with some cold winter fronts, but those are usually brief. [57]
History of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Pierre Le Moyne, Sieur d'Iberville provided Baton Rouge as well as Lakes Pontchartrain and Maurepas with their current names. The foundation of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, dates to 1721, at the site of a bâton rouge or "red stick" Muscogee boundary marker. It became the state capital of Louisiana in 1849.
Property damage. $10–15 billion [ 2] In August 2016, prolonged rainfall from an unpredictable storm resulted in catastrophic flooding in the state of Louisiana, United States; thousands of houses and businesses were submerged. Louisiana's governor, John Bel Edwards, called the disaster a "historic, unprecedented flooding event" and declared a ...
Before 1835, state inmates were held in a jail in New Orleans. The first Louisiana State Penitentiary, located at the intersection of 6th and Laurel streets in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was modeled on a prison in Wethersfield, Connecticut. It was built to house 100 convicts in cells of 6 ft × ft (1.8 m × 1.1 m). [ 11]
13∶20. Adopted. July 1, 1912. ( 1912-07-01) (modifications in 2006 and 2010) Design. A rectangular field of blue with the arms of Louisiana, the pelican vulning herself, in white in the center, with a ribbon beneath, also in white, containing in blue the state motto, "Union Justice Confidence". The flag of Louisiana consists of a rectangular ...
The flood stage at Baton Rouge was 42.10 feet on May 10. Farther down the River at Donaldsonville the flood stage reached 32.30 feet on April 9, which was the 10th highest crest of record. At Reserve, the crest was 24.50 ft on April 8, 7 highest on record. On April 7, New Orleans crested at 18.47 ft.
Highland Road Park Observatory. Organization. Louisiana State University & Baton Rouge Astronomical Society & The Recreation & Park Commission for the Parish of East Baton Rouge. Observatory code. 747. Location. Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States. Coordinates. 30°20′45.85″N 91°04′14.84″W.