Vernon Parish, LA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Vernon Parish, Louisiana, shaded from 66 ft on the southwest side to 490 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
490 ft 150 m380 ft 115 m330 ft 100 m220 ft 70 m120 ft 35 m66 ft 20 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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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Parish area
Fades everything outside the official parish boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Vernon Parish averages about 250 ft (75 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 66 ft on the southwest side to 490 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
250 ft 75 m
all land inside the parish
Highest
490 ft 150 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
66 ft 20 m
on the southwest side

Vernon Parish spans about 424 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.

FigureElevation
Average of all land250 ft75 m
Highest point
Inside the parish, on the northwest side
490 ft150 m
Lowest point
Inside the parish, on the southwest side
66 ft20 m

Elevation profile, west to east

42 mi west to east through Fort Johnson South.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Vernon Parish, Louisiana, shaded from 66 ft on the southwest side to 490 ft on the northwest side
Parish boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Parish in Louisiana, United States
Population
45,819 2024 est.
Land area
1,326.7 sq mi + 13.6 sq mi water
Density
35 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Coastal Plain
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. Sabine Parish270 ft
  2. Vernon Parish250 ft
  3. Natchitoches Parish170 ft
  4. Newton County, TX170 ft
  5. Rapides Parish120 ft
  6. Beauregard Parish110 ft
  7. Allen Parish78 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 10 towns in Vernon Parish by typical elevation
  1. Hornbeck350 ft
  2. Fort Johnson North320 ft
  3. Anacoco310 ft
  4. Fort Johnson South310 ft
  5. Simpson280 ft
  6. Leesville260 ft
  7. New Llano250 ft
  8. Rosepine220 ft
  9. DeRidder partly190 ft
  10. Pitkin150 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.
  • 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. All public domain.