Avoyelles Parish, LA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, shaded from 10 ft on the southeast side to 100 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
100 ft 30 m80 ft 24 m68 ft 21 m45 ft 14 m22 ft 7 m10 ft 3 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
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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.
Parish area
Fades everything outside the official parish boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Avoyelles Parish averages about 49 ft (15 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 10 ft on the southeast side to 100 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
49 ft 15 m
all land inside the parish
Highest
100 ft 30 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
10 ft 3 m
on the southeast side

Avoyelles Parish spans about 90 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.

FigureElevation
Average of all land49 ft15 m
Highest point
Inside the parish, on the northwest side
100 ft30 m
Lowest point
Inside the parish, on the southeast side
10 ft3 m

Elevation profile, west to east

30 mi west to east through Marksville.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, shaded from 10 ft on the southeast side to 100 ft on the northwest side
Parish boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Parish in Louisiana, United States
Population
38,373 2024 est.
Land area
831.4 sq mi + 34.3 sq mi water
Density
46 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

Neighboring parishes sharing a border, by average

  1. West Feliciana Parish140 ft
  2. LaSalle Parish130 ft
  3. Rapides Parish120 ft
  4. Evangeline Parish72 ft
  5. Catahoula Parish71 ft
  6. Avoyelles Parish49 ft
  7. Concordia Parish49 ft
  8. St. Landry Parish35 ft
  9. Pointe Coupee Parish28 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Les Grandes Côtes77 ft
All 12 towns in Avoyelles Parish by typical elevation
  1. Center Point88 ft
  2. Marksville78 ft
  3. Hessmer76 ft
  4. Mansura75 ft
  5. Fifth Ward72 ft
  6. Bunkie63 ft
  7. Evergreen59 ft
  8. Cottonport55 ft
  9. Moreauville51 ft
  10. Bordelonville49 ft
  11. Simmesport46 ft
  12. Plaucheville43 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census parish boundary (TIGER/Line, 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.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring parishes 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 parish 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 parish.
  • 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, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.