Calcasieu Parish, LA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, shaded from sea level on Indian Bay to 96 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
96 ft 29 m72 ft 22 m60 ft 18 m36 ft 11 m12 ft 4 m0 ft 0 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
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Parish area
Fades everything outside the official parish boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Calcasieu Parish averages about 17 ft (5 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from sea level on Indian Bay to 96 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
17 ft 5 m
all land inside the parish
Highest
96 ft 29 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Indian Bay

Calcasieu Parish spans about 96 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.

3% of Calcasieu Parish's land lies below the average daily high tide (MHHW, NOAA), and 12% lies less than 3 ft above it. Check flood zones on FEMA's map

FigureElevation
Average of all land17 ft5 m
Highest point
Inside the parish, on the northwest side
96 ft29 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Indian Bay
0 ft0 m

Elevation profile, south to north

24 mi south to north through Lake Charles.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, shaded from sea level on Indian Bay to 96 ft on the northwest side
Parish boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Parish in Louisiana, United States
Population
206,861 2024 est.
Land area
1,064.2 sq mi + 30.0 sq mi water
Density
194 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. Newton County, TX170 ft
  2. Beauregard Parish110 ft
  3. Jefferson Davis Parish21 ft
  4. Calcasieu Parish17 ft
  5. Orange County, TX14 ft
  6. Cameron Parish1 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • High Hill59 ft
All 12 towns in Calcasieu Parish by typical elevation
  1. DeQuincy73 ft
  2. Starks28 ft
  3. Gillis25 ft
  4. Moss Bluff23 ft
  5. Iowa19 ft
  6. Sulphur14 ft
  7. Westlake13 ft
  8. Vinton13 ft
  9. Lake Charles13 ft
  10. Prien12 ft
  11. Carlyss10 ft
  12. Hayes6 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.
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, −31 ft at 30.1107° N, 93.4115° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted; this coastal land's lowest point is sea level on the coast.
  • 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; NOAA tidal surfaces (MHHW). All public domain.