Buras, LA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Buras, Louisiana, shaded from −9 ft on the southeast side to 12 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
24 ft 7 m15 ft 5 m11 ft 3 m3 ft 1 m−5 ft −2 m−9 ft −3 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
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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 CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Buras sits about 4 ft (1 m) below sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
−4 ft −1 m
most residents: −5–−1 ft
Lowest
−9 ft −3 m
on the southeast side
Highest
12 ft 4 m
on the northwest side
Average
−2 ft −1 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Buras is nearly flat: its ground varies by only about 21 ft, so the figures below sit close together.

About 92% of residents live below sea level.

86% of Buras's land lies below the average daily high tide (MHHW, NOAA), and 5% lies less than 3 ft above it. Check flood zones on FEMA's map

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
−4 ft−1 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side
12 ft4 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side
−9 ft−3 m
Town center
USGS map point for Buras
−2 ft−1 m
Average of all land−2 ft−1 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Buras, Louisiana, shaded from −9 ft on the southeast side to 12 ft on the northwest side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States
Population
1,109 2020 Census
Land area
2.3 sq mi + 1.1 sq mi water
Density
483 per sq mi
Coordinates
29.3519° N, 89.5242° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
70041
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Poydras5 ft
  2. Grand Isle2 ft
  3. Delacroix1 ft
  4. Lafitte1 ft
  5. Pointe a la Hache−1 ft
  6. Port Sulphur−2 ft
  7. Empire−2 ft
  8. Triumph−4 ft
  9. Boothville−4 ft
  10. Buras−4 ft
  11. Venice−5 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (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.
  • Buras is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones; NOAA tidal surfaces (MHHW). All public domain.