Welcome, LA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Welcome, Louisiana, shaded from 3 ft on the southwest side to 31 ft near the middle
Elevation
36 ft 11 m28 ft 8 m23 ft 7 m15 ft 5 m7 ft 2 m3 ft 1 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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Welcome sits at about 7 ft (2 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
7 ft 2 m
few residents
Lowest
3 ft 1 m
on the southwest side
Highest
31 ft 10 m
near the middle
Average
9 ft 3 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Welcome is nearly flat: its ground varies by only about 28 ft, so the figures below sit close together.

0% of Welcome's land lies below the average daily high tide (MHHW, NOAA), and 9% lies less than 3 ft above it. Check flood zones on FEMA's map

FigureElevation
Typical (all land)
Median of all land; too few residents to weight by
7 ft2 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, near the middle
31 ft10 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side
3 ft1 m
Town center
USGS map point for Welcome
21 ft6 m
Airport (REG)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 7.8 mi northwest of the CDP boundary
14 ft4 m
Average of all land9 ft3 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Welcome, Louisiana, shaded from 3 ft on the southwest side to 31 ft near the middle
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in St. James Parish, Louisiana, United States
Population
672 2020 Census
Land area
4.5 sq mi + 0.6 sq mi water
Density
148 per sq mi
Coordinates
30.0594° N, 90.8684° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Gulf of America
Airport
Louisiana Regional (REG) 14 ft
ZIP codes 1
70086
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Darrow19 ft
  2. Donaldsonville19 ft
  3. Union18 ft
  4. Convent15 ft
  5. Lemannville14 ft
  6. St. James10 ft
  7. Moonshine9 ft
  8. Grand Point9 ft
  9. Welcome7 ft
  10. Romeville5 ft
  11. Hester5 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary; too few residents live here to weight by people.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census CDP boundary (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.
  • Welcome is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA tidal surfaces (MHHW). All public domain.