Catahoula Parish, LA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, shaded from 13 ft on the south side to 320 ft on Bald Hill
Elevation
320 ft 100 m250 ft 75 m210 ft 65 m130 ft 40 m52 ft 16 m13 ft 4 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
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Parish area
Fades everything outside the official parish boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Catahoula Parish averages about 71 ft (22 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 13 ft on the south side to 320 ft on Bald Hill.

Average elevation
71 ft 22 m
all land inside the parish
Highest
320 ft 100 m
on Bald Hill
Lowest
13 ft 4 m
on the south side

Catahoula Parish spans about 307 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 land71 ft22 m
Highest point
Inside the parish, on Bald Hill (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
320 ft100 m
Lowest point
Inside the parish, on the south side
13 ft4 m

Elevation profile, south to north

38 mi south to north through Jonesville.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, shaded from 13 ft on the south side to 320 ft on Bald Hill
Parish boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Parish in Louisiana, United States
Population
8,280 2024 est.
Land area
709.3 sq mi + 30.2 sq mi water
Density
12 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. LaSalle Parish130 ft
  2. Caldwell Parish120 ft
  3. Catahoula Parish71 ft
  4. Franklin Parish70 ft
  5. Tensas Parish68 ft
  6. Avoyelles Parish49 ft
  7. Concordia Parish49 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Bald Hill, Catahoula Parish320 ft
  • Rocky Hill270 ft
  • Cassels Hill230 ft
All 4 towns in Catahoula Parish by typical elevation
  1. Sicily Island73 ft
  2. Harrisonburg66 ft
  3. Wallace Ridge57 ft
  4. Jonesville56 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; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. 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.