Fordoche, LA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Fordoche, Louisiana, shaded from 19 ft on the southeast side to 31 ft near the middle
Elevation
52 ft 16 m43 ft 13 m39 ft 12 m31 ft 9 m23 ft 7 m19 ft 6 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.
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Town area
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Elevation Data

Fordoche sits at about 27 ft (8 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
27 ft 8 m
most residents: 25–28 ft
Lowest
19 ft 6 m
on the southeast side
Highest
31 ft 9 m
near the middle
Average
27 ft 8 m
all land inside town limits

Fordoche is nearly flat: its ground varies by only about 12 ft, so the figures below sit close together.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
27 ft8 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, near the middle
31 ft9 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the southeast side
19 ft6 m
Town center
USGS map point for Fordoche
29 ft9 m
Average of all land27 ft8 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Fordoche, Louisiana, shaded from 19 ft on the southeast side to 31 ft near the middle
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Town in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, United States
Population
863 2024 est.
Land area
2.4 sq mi
Density
355 per sq mi
Coordinates
30.5960° N, 91.6165° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Bayou Grosse Tete → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
70732
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Morganza34 ft
  2. New Roads30 ft
  3. Melville29 ft
  4. Fordoche27 ft
  5. Ventress26 ft
  6. Livonia25 ft
  7. Krotz Springs23 ft
  8. Maringouin21 ft
  9. Erwinville20 ft
  10. Rosedale15 ft
  11. Grosse Tete15 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

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); BTS time zones. All public domain.