Bossier Parish, LA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bossier Parish, Louisiana, shaded from 120 ft on the southeast side to 470 ft on the north side
Elevation
470 ft 145 m380 ft 115 m340 ft 105 m250 ft 75 m160 ft 50 m120 ft 35 m
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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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Parish area
Fades everything outside the official parish boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Bossier Parish averages about 210 ft (65 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 120 ft on the southeast side to 470 ft on the north side.

Average elevation
210 ft 65 m
all land inside the parish
Highest
470 ft 145 m
on the north side
Lowest
120 ft 35 m
on the southeast side

Bossier Parish spans about 350 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 land210 ft65 m
Highest point
Inside the parish, on the north side
470 ft145 m
Lowest point
Inside the parish, on the southeast side
120 ft35 m

Elevation profile, south to north

35 mi south to north through Bossier City.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bossier Parish, Louisiana, shaded from 120 ft on the southeast side to 470 ft on the north side
Parish boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Parish in Louisiana, United States
Population
131,102 2024 est.
Land area
839.6 sq mi + 27.3 sq mi water
Density
156 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. Miller County, AR260 ft
  2. Lafayette County, AR250 ft
  3. Bienville Parish240 ft
  4. Webster Parish230 ft
  5. Caddo Parish220 ft
  6. Bossier Parish210 ft
  7. Red River Parish160 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Delaney Mount450 ft
  • Giddens Hill420 ft
All 7 towns in Bossier Parish by typical elevation
  1. Plain Dealing280 ft
  2. Haughton220 ft
  3. Eastwood220 ft
  4. Benton210 ft
  5. Red Chute200 ft
  6. Shreveport partly200 ft
  7. Bossier City170 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.