Geologic units in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

Prairie Terraces (Pleistocene) at surface, covers 71 % of this area

Light gray to light brown clay, sandy clay, silt, sand, and some gravels.

Alluvium (Holocene) at surface, covers 14 % of this area

Gray to brownish gray clay and silty clay, reddish brown in the Red River Valley, some sand and gravel locally.

Intermediate Terraces (Pleistocene) at surface, covers 7 % of this area

Light gray to orange-brown clay, sandy clay, and silt; much sand and gravel locally.

Chenier Plain, Fresh Marsh (Holocene) at surface, covers 4 % of this area

Gray to brown to black clay and silt of high organic content.

Deweyville Terrace (Pleistocene) at surface, covers 2 % of this area

Gray mixed with brown-to-red clay and silty clay; some sand and gravel locally.

Chenier Plain, Saline Marsh (Holocene) at surface, covers 1 % of this area

Gray to brown to black clay and silt of moderate organic content.

Alluvium (Holocene) at surface, covers 0.1 % of this area

Alluvium

Deweyville Formation (Quaternary; Pleistocene and Holocene?) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Deweyville Formation

Fill and spoil (Holocene) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Fill and spoil

Beaumont Formation, areas predominantly clay (Quaternary; Late Pleistocene) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Beaumont Formation, areas predominantly clay

Beaumont Formation, areas predominantly sand (Quaternary; Late Pleistocene) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Beaumont Formation, areas predominantly sand