Cottonport, LA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cottonport, Louisiana, shaded from 36 ft on the north side to 59 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
69 ft 21 m60 ft 18 m56 ft 17 m48 ft 15 m40 ft 12 m36 ft 11 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
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Town area
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Elevation Data

Cottonport sits at about 55 ft (17 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
55 ft 17 m
most residents: 50–58 ft
Lowest
36 ft 11 m
on the north side
Highest
59 ft 18 m
on the northwest side
Average
55 ft 17 m
all land inside town limits

Cottonport is nearly flat: its ground varies by only about 23 ft, so the figures below sit close together.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
55 ft17 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the northwest side
59 ft18 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the north side
36 ft11 m
Town center
USGS map point for Cottonport
56 ft17 m
Airport (MKV)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.0 mi north of the town limits
78 ft24 m
Average of all land55 ft17 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cottonport, Louisiana, shaded from 36 ft on the north side to 59 ft on the northwest side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Town in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States
Population
1,951 2024 est.
Land area
2.0 sq mi
Density
973 per sq mi
Coordinates
30.9841° N, 92.0535° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Gulf of America
Airport
Marksville Municipal (MKV) 78 ft
ZIP codes 1
71327
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Marksville78 ft
  2. Hessmer76 ft
  3. Mansura75 ft
  4. Fifth Ward72 ft
  5. Bunkie63 ft
  6. Evergreen59 ft
  7. Cottonport55 ft
  8. Moreauville51 ft
  9. Bordelonville49 ft
  10. Plaucheville43 ft
  11. Morrow43 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Les Grandes Côtes77 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town 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 town 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.