Breaux Bridge, LA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, shaded from 6 ft on the southwest side to 46 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
46 ft 14 m36 ft 11 m31 ft 10 m21 ft 6 m11 ft 3 m6 ft 2 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Breaux Bridge sits at about 23 ft (7 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
23 ft 7 m
most residents: 17–26 ft
Lowest
6 ft 2 m
on the southwest side
Highest
46 ft 14 m
on the northwest side
Average
21 ft 6 m
all land inside city limits

Breaux Bridge spans about 40 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
23 ft7 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the northwest side
46 ft14 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southwest side
6 ft2 m
Town center
USGS map point for Breaux Bridge
23 ft7 m
Airport (LFT)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 5.4 mi southwest of the city limits
41 ft12 m
Average of all land21 ft6 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, shaded from 6 ft on the southwest side to 46 ft on the northwest side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, United States
Population
7,582 2024 est.
Land area
7.7 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
Density
983 per sq mi
Coordinates
30.2735° N, 91.8993° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Gulf of America
Airport
Lafayette Regional/Paul Fournet Field (LFT) 41 ft
ZIP codes 1
70517
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Carencro47 ft
  2. Ossun41 ft
  3. Scott31 ft
  4. Broussard30 ft
  5. Arnaudville26 ft
  6. Cecilia24 ft
  7. Breaux Bridge23 ft
  8. St. Martinville22 ft
  9. Parks21 ft
  10. Henderson14 ft
  11. Catahoula10 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

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.