Bossier City, LA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bossier City, Louisiana, shaded from 140 ft on the southeast side to 240 ft on the east side
Elevation
240 ft 75 m210 ft 65 m200 ft 60 m180 ft 55 m150 ft 45 m140 ft 40 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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
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City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Bossier City sits at about 170 ft (50 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
170 ft 50 m
most residents: 160–170 ft
Lowest
140 ft 40 m
on the southeast side
Highest
240 ft 75 m
on the east side
Average
170 ft 50 m
all land inside city limits

Bossier City spans about 100 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
170 ft50 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the east side
240 ft75 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southeast side
140 ft40 m
Town center
USGS map point for Bossier City
170 ft55 m
Airport (SHV)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.8 mi southwest of the city limits
258 ft79 m
Average of all land170 ft50 m

Elevation profile, west to east

9.1 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bossier City, Louisiana, shaded from 140 ft on the southeast side to 240 ft on the east side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in Bossier Parish, Louisiana, United States
Population
63,218 2024 est.
Land area
44.4 sq mi + 1.2 sq mi water
Density
1,424 per sq mi
Coordinates
32.5160° N, 93.7321° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Red River → Atchafalaya River → Gulf of America
Airport
Shreveport Regional (SHV) 258 ft
ZIP codes 3
71110 71111 71112
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Greenwood270 ft
  2. Blanchard250 ft
  3. Stonewall250 ft
  4. Haughton220 ft
  5. Eastwood220 ft
  6. Benton210 ft
  7. Red Chute200 ft
  8. Shreveport200 ft
  9. Lakeview190 ft
  10. Belcher190 ft
  11. Bossier City170 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Giddens Hill420 ft
  • Pine Hills380 ft
  • Indian Mound, Webster Parish200 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census city limits (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) 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).
  • 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 (FAA airport elevation, 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 (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.