Marksville, LA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Marksville, Louisiana, shaded from 37 ft on the east side to 87 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
87 ft 26 m74 ft 23 m68 ft 21 m56 ft 17 m44 ft 13 m37 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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City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Marksville sits at about 78 ft (24 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
78 ft 24 m
most residents: 67–82 ft
Lowest
37 ft 11 m
on the east side
Highest
87 ft 26 m
on the northeast side
Average
76 ft 23 m
all land inside city limits

Marksville spans about 50 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
78 ft24 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the northeast side
87 ft26 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the east side
37 ft11 m
Town center
USGS map point for Marksville
81 ft25 m
Airport (MKV)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
78 ft24 m
Average of all land76 ft23 m

Elevation profile, west to east

2.2 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Marksville, Louisiana, shaded from 37 ft on the east side to 87 ft on the northeast side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States
Population
4,805 2024 est.
Land area
4.8 sq mi
Density
998 per sq mi
Coordinates
31.1280° N, 92.0662° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Gulf of America
Airport
Marksville Municipal (MKV) 78 ft
ZIP codes 2
71350 71351
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Center Point88 ft
  2. Marksville78 ft
  3. Hessmer76 ft
  4. Mansura75 ft
  5. Fifth Ward72 ft
  6. Echo61 ft
  7. Evergreen59 ft
  8. Cottonport55 ft
  9. Moreauville51 ft
  10. Bordelonville49 ft
  11. Plaucheville43 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 city 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 city 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.