Jefferson Parish, LA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, shaded from 14 ft below sea level on the north side to 78 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
78 ft 24 m55 ft 17 m43 ft 13 m20 ft 6 m−3 ft −1 m−14 ft −4 m
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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

Jefferson Parish averages about 0 ft (0 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 14 ft below sea level on the north side to 78 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
0 ft 0 m
all land inside the parish
Highest
78 ft 24 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
−14 ft −4 m
on the north side

Jefferson Parish spans about 92 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.

60% of Jefferson Parish's land lies below the average daily high tide (MHHW, NOAA), and 33% lies less than 3 ft above it. Check flood zones on FEMA's map

FigureElevation
Average of all land0 ft0 m
Highest point
Inside the parish, on the northwest side
78 ft24 m
Lowest point
Inside the parish, on the north side
−14 ft−4 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, shaded from 14 ft below sea level on the north side to 78 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
427,253 2024 est.
Land area
300.9 sq mi + 341.2 sq mi water
Density
1,420 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Coastal Plain 91%
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. St. Tammany Parish45 ft
  2. St. John the Baptist Parish4 ft
  3. St. Charles Parish2 ft
  4. Lafourche Parish1 ft
  5. Jefferson Parish0 ft
  6. Orleans Parish0 ft
  7. Plaquemines Parish0 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 21 towns in Jefferson Parish by typical elevation
  1. Harahan8 ft
  2. Waggaman6 ft
  3. River Ridge4 ft
  4. Elmwood4 ft
  5. Jefferson4 ft
  6. Estelle3 ft
  7. Marrero2 ft
  8. Jean Lafitte2 ft
  9. Grand Isle2 ft
  10. Barataria1 ft
  11. Lafitte1 ft
  12. Bridge City1 ft
  13. Westwego0 ft
  14. Woodmere−1 ft
  15. Gretna−1 ft
  16. Avondale−3 ft
  17. Terrytown−4 ft
  18. Harvey−4 ft
  19. Metairie−5 ft
  20. Timberlane−5 ft
  21. Kenner−5 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, −39 ft at 29.9335° N, 90.2651° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.