New Iberia, LA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of New Iberia, Louisiana, shaded from 1 ft on the southeast side to 33 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
34 ft 10 m26 ft 8 m22 ft 7 m14 ft 4 m5 ft 2 m1 ft 0 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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

New Iberia sits at about 16 ft (5 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
16 ft 5 m
most residents: 14–19 ft
Lowest
1 ft 0 m
on the southeast side
Highest
33 ft 10 m
on the northwest side
Average
16 ft 5 m
all land inside city limits

New Iberia spans about 32 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
16 ft5 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the northwest side
33 ft10 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southeast side
1 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for New Iberia
17 ft5 m
Airport (ARA)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.0 mi northwest of the city limits
24 ft7 m
Average of all land16 ft5 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of New Iberia, Louisiana, shaded from 1 ft on the southeast side to 33 ft on the northwest side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Iberia Parish, Louisiana, United States
Population
26,849 2024 est.
Land area
11.1 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
2,410 per sq mi
Coordinates
30.0035° N, 91.8187° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Gulf of America
Airport
Acadiana Regional (ARA) 24 ft
ZIP codes 2
70560 70563
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Broussard30 ft
  2. Cade27 ft
  3. Youngsville25 ft
  4. St. Martinville22 ft
  5. Loreauville19 ft
  6. New Iberia16 ft
  7. Jeanerette14 ft
  8. Sorrel11 ft
  9. Lydia8 ft
  10. Erath6 ft
  11. Delcambre6 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

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.