Cocodrie, Louisiana

Cocodrie is an unincorporated fishing, shrimping and crabbing village in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, United States, 10 miles south of Chauvin and due south of the city of Houma.[1] It is part of the Houma–Bayou Cane–Thibodaux Metropolitan Statistical Area. The settlement is known for being very near the landfall location for Tropical Storm Matthew on October 10, 2004, Hurricane Gustav on September 1, 2008,[2] and Hurricane Zeta on October 28, 2020.

Cocodrie
Unincorporated community
Cocodrie
Location of Cocodrie in Louisiana
Coordinates: 29°14′49″N 90°39′41″W
CountryUnited States
StateLouisiana
ParishTerrebonne
Elevation
3 ft (0.9 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)985

The name Cocodrie is an alternate spelling of the Louisiana French word cocodril, which means "crocodile." It is a waterfront town, located due west of Grand Isle, on an inlet of another bay blocked by several barrier islands along the Gulf of Mexico.[1] Cocodrie is connected to Houma, due north, by Louisiana State Highway 56.[1] It is at the end of the highway. Most buildings in Cocodrie are now elevated on pilings to minimize flood damage.

Cocodrie is home to the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON) W. J. DeFelice Marine Center, which was completed in 1986.[3]

Impact from Hurricane Gustav

On September 1, 2008, Hurricane Gustav, coming from Cuba, made a technical landfall near Cocodrie, around 9:30 a.m. CDT.[2] When Hurricane Gustav came from the southeast, the hurricane force winds (up to 115 mph, 180 km/h) extended for 70 miles from the eye center,[2] impacting the area with north-to-south winds for over five hours before making landfall.[2]

  • Cocodrie is mentioned in the Swamp Thing comic books.
  • Cocodrie was featured in the Insomniac Games PlayStation 3 game Resistance 2 between the Holar Tower and Chicxulub Crater levels. The level consists of a plantation style environment surrounded by swamp and marshlands and includes a large bridge later on into the level which highly resembles a single span of the Crescent City Connection which is located in New Orleans, approximately 85 miles northeast of Cocodrie.
  • Cocodrie is featured prominently in the novel Les Étrangers, by Patrick Degrâce.

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Notes

  1. Louisiana map, Louisiana-Map.org, 2007, webpage: LaMap-Louisiana-road-map (shows town/lake names).
  2. "Hurricane Gustav Public Advisory Number 32", National Hurricane Center, 1 September 2008, 10 a.m., webpage: NHC-Adv-32.
  3. "Archived copy". www.lumcon.edu. Archived from the original on 11 February 2006. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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