Editing Sulphur, Louisiana (section)

==Geography==
Sulphur is located near the center of Calcasieu Parish. The city lies on [[Interstate 10]] between the towns of [[Vinton, Louisiana|Vinton]] and [[Westlake, Louisiana|Westlake]], approximately {{convert|20|mi}} east of the Texas border. The city of [[Lake Charles, Louisiana|Lake Charles]] is {{convert|9|mi|0}} to the east. [[U.S. Route 90]] passes through the center of Sulphur as Napoleon Street. Access from I-10 is via exits 20, 21, 23, and 26. According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|25.9|km2|order=flip}}, all land.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web |title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Sulphur city, Louisiana |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US2273640 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212180342/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US2273640 |archive-date=February 12, 2020 |access-date=August 14, 2014 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder}}</ref>

Communities inside Sulphur city limits include, from west to east, old Sulphur, Hollywood, and Maplewood, as well as Northwest Sulphur,<ref>[https://www.google.com/maps/place/D.+S.+Perkins+Elementary+School/@30.249562,-93.3656692,13.75z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x63def650f629a3bd!8m2!3d30.2383354!4d-93.3807356 Northwest Sulphur showing D.S. Perkins Elementary]- Retrieved 2017-08-08</ref> also known as Portie Town, but usually pronounced with the Cajun form of ''pō-chay'' or ''Pohchay'' town.<ref>{{cite web |title=This Storm-Battered Town Voted for Trump. He Has Vowed to Overturn the Law That Could Fix Its Homes.|url=https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-biden-ira-climate-red-states |access-date=2025-03-14}} </ref> Outside of city limits are the communities of [[Carlyss, Louisiana|Carlyss]] and Choupique (Shoe-peak). Like the [[bowfin]], that has many alternate names, the word "Choupique" has several variations of pronunciation in south Louisiana. Choupique is also pronounced ''shoe-pick'', shoe-peg,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=SsMUCl5j8X4C&dq=Cajun+pronunciation+of+choupique&pg=PA34 choupique= shoe pick or shoe-peg]: ''How We Talk: American Regional English Today'' (by Allan A. Metcalf: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2000), pp 34- Retrieved 2017-08-08</ref><ref>[http://www.louisianasportsman.com/details.php?id=1582 Louisiana Sportsman: choupique= shoe-pick] (February 02, 2009)- Retrieved 2017-08-08</ref> or chew-pic.<ref>[https://www.google.com/search?q=pronunciation+of+choupique&oq=pronunciation+of+choupique&gs_l=psy-ab.12...19991.19991.0.22182.1.1.0.0.0.0.134.134.0j1.1.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..0.0.0.4rfqMFe_mys Google pronunciation of choupique= chew-pic]- Retrieved 2017-08-08</ref> Moss Lake to the south. The community of Houston River is north of town, and [[Mossville, Louisiana|Mossville]] is east of town, all but a memory with Sasol's purchase of over 4 square miles of land, that included with a few property exceptions, the entire community of Mossville. Most new development in the city is taking place south of town in Carlyss or around I-10.

===Wildlife===
The bayous near Sulphur are habitat for [[American alligators]], which have been known to enter into the city.<ref>{{cite news | last = Digital | first = DJ | date = June 19, 2014 | title = Sulphur Man Receives 80 Stitches In Hand After Being Bitten By 11 ft. Alligator [VIDEO] | url = http://1079ishot.com/sulphur-alligator-bite/ | work = HOT 107.9}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last = Hooper | first = Adam | title = Big Gator Killed in Sulphur | url = http://www.kplctv.com/story/13305910/alligator-is-put-down-in-sulphur | work = 7 KPLC | access-date  = August 21, 2017}}</ref>

===Climate===
{{Main|Lake Charles, Louisiana#Climate}}
The climate for Sulphur, and climate data, closely mirrors that of the [[National Weather Service]]'s Lake Charles Weather Forecast Office measured at the [[Lake Charles Regional Airport]] (KLCH).<ref>[http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=30.2352&lon=-93.3775#.WY09jlF95hE NWS: Lake Charles reporting station]- Retrieved 2017-08-11</ref>