Cocodrie is an unincorporated fishing, shrimping and crabbing village in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, United States, ten miles south of Chauvin, Louisiana, due south of the larger town of Houma. The Acadian settlement is known for being very near the landfall location for Hurricane Gustav on September 12008. It is part of the Houma–Bayou Cane–Thibodaux Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Cocodrie 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. Cocodrie is connected to the larger town of Houma, due north, along Louisiana state highway 56.

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. When Hurricane Gustav came from the southeast, the hurricane force winds (up to 110 mph, 175 km/h) extended for 70 miles from the eye center, impacting the area with north-to-south winds for over 5 hours before making landfall.

See also

• Buras-Triumph, Louisiana - a landfall site of Hurricane Katrina (2nd of 3 USA landfalls)
• Pearlington, Mississippi - a landfall site of Hurricane Katrina (3rd of 3 USA landfalls)

Notes

References

• Cocodrie, Louisiana's Inside & Offshore Fishing Information
• Gustav lands on U.S. state, making landfall
• Hurricane Gustav Public Advisory Number 32, National Hurricane Center, 1 September 2008, 10 a.m. CDT.
• Louisiana-Map.org, webpage: LaMap-Louisiana-road-map (shows town/lake names).