United Houma Nation SDTSA, LA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of United Houma Nation SDTSA, Louisiana, shaded from 18 ft below sea level on the south side to 48 ft on the north side
Elevation
48 ft 15 m32 ft 10 m23 ft 7 m7 ft 2 m−10 ft −3 m−18 ft −6 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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Elevation
Ground colored by height from green (lowest) to white (highest), with contour lines every 40–500 ft (USGS data).
Satellite
A 2016 satellite photo at 33 ft (10 m) detail; contours off.
3D
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Area
Fades everything outside the official statistical area boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

United Houma Nation SDTSA averages about 2 ft (1 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 18 ft below sea level on the south side to 48 ft on the north side.

Average elevation
2 ft 1 m
all land inside the statistical area
Highest
48 ft 15 m
on the north side
Lowest
−18 ft −6 m
on the south side

United Houma Nation SDTSA spans about 66 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

49% of United Houma Nation SDTSA's land lies below the average daily high tide (MHHW, NOAA), and 37% lies less than 3 ft above it. Check flood zones on FEMA's map

FigureElevation
Average of all land2 ft1 m
Highest point
Inside the statistical area, on the north side
48 ft15 m
Lowest point
Inside the statistical area, on the south side
−18 ft−6 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of United Houma Nation SDTSA, Louisiana, shaded from 18 ft below sea level on the south side to 48 ft on the north side
Census statistical area boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
State designated tribal statistical area in Louisiana, United States (U.S. Census Bureau)
Population
186,056 2020 Census
Land area
572.4 sq mi + 20.9 sq mi water
Density
325 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearest tribal lands nearest, by average

  1. Chitimacha Reservation11 ft
  2. Isle de Jean Charles SDTSA5 ft
  3. United Houma Nation SDTSA2 ft
  4. Pointe-au-Chien SDTSA0 ft
  5. Grand Caillou/Dulac SDTSA−1 ft
  6. Bayou Lafourche SDTSA−2 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 21 towns in the statistical area by typical elevation
  1. Thibodaux11 ft
  2. Schriever9 ft
  3. Bayou Country Club8 ft
  4. Gray7 ft
  5. Presquille7 ft
  6. Lafourche Crossing5 ft
  7. Bayou Cane5 ft
  8. Bayou Blue4 ft
  9. Lockport3 ft
  10. Berwick3 ft
  11. Raceland3 ft
  12. Mathews3 ft
  13. Morgan City3 ft
  14. Bayou Vista3 ft
  15. Amelia3 ft
  16. Larose2 ft
  17. Bayou L'Ourse2 ft
  18. Siracusaville2 ft
  19. Lockport Heights1 ft
  20. Bourg1 ft
  21. Cut Off partly0 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census statistical area boundary (TIGER/Line AIANNH, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, −22 ft at 29.7696° N, 90.7924° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • Name: the Census Bureau's legal or statistical area name, as published; the nation's own name may differ.
  • Population: 2020 Census residents of the blocks inside the boundary.
  • Nearby Places: nearest tribal lands and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the statistical area with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it when there are fewer than 5; each is the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a usable survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it (shown as published).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the statistical area.
  • Rounding: computed heights are rounded to 10 ft (5 m), or to 1 ft (1 m) under 100 ft; 3DEP is good to about a meter, not a foot. Published figures (NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
  • Datum: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). NGS plans to replace NAVD 88 with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones; NOAA tidal surfaces (MHHW). All public domain.