Cut Off, LA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cut Off, Louisiana, shaded from −13 ft on the southeast side to 11 ft on the south side
Elevation
20 ft 6 m12 ft 4 m8 ft 2 m0 ft 0 m−9 ft −3 m−13 ft −4 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

Cut Off sits at about sea level (0 ft, 0 m), worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
0 ft 0 m
most residents: −2–2 ft
Lowest
−13 ft −4 m
on the southeast side
Highest
11 ft 4 m
on the south side
Average
−2 ft 0 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Cut Off is nearly flat: its ground varies by only about 24 ft, so the figures below sit close together.

About 50% of residents live below sea level.

76% of Cut Off's land lies below the average daily high tide (MHHW, NOAA), and 22% 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
0 ft0 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the south side
11 ft4 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side
−13 ft−4 m
Town center
USGS map point for Cut Off
5 ft1 m
Airport (GAO)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 3.6 mi southeast of the CDP boundary
0 ft0 m
Average of all land−2 ft0 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cut Off, Louisiana, shaded from −13 ft on the southeast side to 11 ft on the south side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, United States
Population
5,533 2020 Census
Land area
14.6 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
378 per sq mi
Coordinates
29.5427° N, 90.3381° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Gulf of America
Airport
South Lafourche Leonard Miller Jr (GAO) 0 ft
ZIP codes 1
70345
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Lockport3 ft
  2. Mathews3 ft
  3. Larose2 ft
  4. Lockport Heights1 ft
  5. Bourg1 ft
  6. Montegut1 ft
  7. Lafitte1 ft
  8. Chauvin1 ft
  9. Cut Off0 ft
  10. Golden Meadow0 ft
  11. Galliano−1 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.
  • Cut Off 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA tidal surfaces (MHHW). All public domain.