La. Stat. tit. 38 § 2801
The Franklin Parish Watershed District is hereby created out of the watershed of all streams located within Franklin Parish and portions of Catahoula and Richland Parishes, more particularly defined as all of the east and west Franklin Parish Watershed Districts, respectively, described as follows, to-wit:
That area commencing at a point on the Richland Parish-Franklin Parish line approximately 1700 feet west of the SE corner of Section 36, T17N, R9E, thence northerly along the meander ridge line through Sections 36, 25, 24 and 13, T17N, R9E to a point in the west half of Section 13, T17N, R9E, approximately 2700 feet south and 1000 feet east of the NE Corner of Section 13, T17N, R9E, thence paralleling highway U.S. 80 for approximately 22,500 feet to State Highway 609; thence southwesterly along the meander ridge line through Sections 18, 19, 30 and 31, T17N, R9E, to the SW corner of Section 31, T17N, R9E; thence westerly along the Richland Parish-Franklin Parish line an approximate distance of 12,000 feet to a point in Big Creek; thence generally southwesterly along Big Creek, which is the Richland Parish-Franklin Parish line, to the intersection of Big Creek and Boeuf River; thence southerly along Boeuf River, which is the Caldwell Parish-Franklin Parish line, to the SE corner of Section 31, T12N, R6E; thence southeasterly along Boeuf River, which is the Catahoula Parish-Franklin Parish line, to the point where the Franklin Parish-Catahoula Parish line intersects Boeuf River in Section 5, T10N, R7E; thence in a generally north-northeasterly direction along the meander ridge line through Section 5, T10N, R7E, Sections 32, 33, 28, 21, 22, 15, 10, 3 and 2, T11N, R7E, Sections 35 and 26, T12N, R7E; thence easterly along parish road on line between Sections 23, 24 and 26, 25, T12N, R7E, an approximate distance of 4,800 feet; thence in a generally northeasterly direction along the meander ridge line through Sections 24, and 13, T12N, R7E, Sections 18, 7, 6 and 5, T12N, R8E, Sections 32, 33, 28, 21, 16, 10 and 3, T13N, R8E, Sections 34, 27, 22, 21, 16, 9 and 4, T14N, R8E, Sections 33, 27, 22, 15, 14, 11, 12 and 1, T15N, R8E, Section 6, T15N, R9E, Sections 31, 32, 29, 28, 21, 16, 10 and 3, T16N, R9E, to a point on the Richland Parish-Franklin Parish line approximately 1400 feet west of the NE corner of Section 3, T16N, R9E; thence easterly along the Richland Parish-Franklin Parish line approximately 10,000 feet to the point of origin, being the Franklin Parish West Watershed District, and also
That area commencing at the point on the Richland Parish-Franklin Parish boundary where Bayou Macon crosses; thence in a generally southerly direction along Bayou Macon to a point where the Madison Parish-Franklin Parish line intersects Bayou Macon; thence in an easterly direction along the Madison Parish-Franklin Parish line to the intersection of the Madison Parish-Franklin Parish-Tensas Parish lines; thence southerly along the Franklin Parish-Tensas Parish line to the intersection of the Franklin Parish-Tensas Parish-Catahoula Parish lines; thence westerly along Fool River to a point where the Franklin Parish-Catahoula Parish line intersects Fool River; thence northerly along the Franklin Parish-Catahoula Parish line to the point where said parish line turns west; thence westerly along the Franklin Parish-Catahoula Parish line an approximate distance of 6,000 feet; thence along an irregular line in a generally southwesterly direction across Sections 2, 11, 10, 15, 16, 21, 20, 29, 30, 40, 43 and 31 in T11N, R8E, Sections 6, 7, and 50 in T10N, R8E and Sections 41, 11, 10, 3, 10, 9, 8 and 5 in T10N, R7E, to the point where the Franklin Parish-Catahoula Parish line intersects the Boeuf River in Section 5, T10N, R7E; thence in a generally north-northeasterly direction along the meander ridge line through Section 5, T10N, R7E, Secs. 32, 33, 28, 21, 22, 15, 10, 3 and 2, T11N, R7E, Sections 35 and 26, T12N, R7E; thence easterly along parish road on line between Sections 23, 24, 25 and 26, T12N, R7E, an approximate distance of 4,800 feet; thence in a generally northeasterly direction along the meander ridge line through Sections 24 and 13, T12N, R7E, Sections 18, 7, 6 and 5, T12N, R8E, Sections 32, 33, 28, 21, 16, 10 and 3, T13N, R8E, Sections 34, 27, 22, 21, 16, 9 and 4, T14N, R8E, Sections 33, 27, 22, 15, 14, 11, 12 and 1, T15N, R8E, Section 6, T15N, R9E, Sections 31, 32, 29, 28, 21, 16, 10 and 3, T16N, R9E, to a point on the Richland Parish-Franklin Parish line approximately 1,400 feet west of the NE corner of Section 3, T16N, R9E; thence easterly along the Richland Parish-Franklin Parish line to its intersection with Bayou Macon, and point of origin, being the Franklin Parish East Watershed District.
La. R.S. § 38:2801