Monroe, LA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Monroe, Louisiana, shaded from 50 ft near the middle to 100 ft on the east side
Elevation
100 ft 30 m88 ft 27 m82 ft 25 m69 ft 21 m56 ft 17 m50 ft 15 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
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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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Monroe sits at about 74 ft (23 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
74 ft 23 m
most residents: 69–80 ft
Lowest
50 ft 15 m
near the middle
Highest
100 ft 30 m
on the east side
Average
74 ft 22 m
all land inside city limits

Monroe 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
74 ft23 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the east side
100 ft30 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, near the middle
50 ft15 m
Town center
USGS map point for Monroe
76 ft23 m
Airport (MLU)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
79 ft24 m
Average of all land74 ft22 m

Elevation profile, south to north

8.3 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Monroe, Louisiana, shaded from 50 ft near the middle to 100 ft on the east side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, United States
Population
46,622 2024 est.
Land area
29.9 sq mi + 3.6 sq mi water
Density
1,559 per sq mi
Coordinates
32.5093° N, 92.1193° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Bayou Lafourche → Ouachita River → Atchafalaya River → Gulf of America
Airport
Monroe Regional (MLU) 79 ft
ZIP codes 5
71201 71202 71203 71209 71212
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Calhoun170 ft
  2. Claiborne130 ft
  3. Brownsville95 ft
  4. Swartz93 ft
  5. Bawcomville84 ft
  6. West Monroe82 ft
  7. Sterlington81 ft
  8. Lakeshore81 ft
  9. Monroe74 ft
  10. Start71 ft
  11. Richwood67 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Pargoud Indian Mound84 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.