West Monroe, LA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of West Monroe, Louisiana, shaded from 49 ft on the southeast side to 160 ft on the west side
Elevation
160 ft 50 m130 ft 40 m120 ft 35 m90 ft 27 m63 ft 19 m49 ft 15 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
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

West Monroe sits at about 82 ft (25 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
82 ft 25 m
most residents: 73–110 ft
Lowest
49 ft 15 m
on the southeast side
Highest
160 ft 50 m
on the west side
Average
91 ft 28 m
all land inside city limits

West Monroe spans about 111 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
82 ft25 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the west side
160 ft50 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southeast side
49 ft15 m
Town center
USGS map point for West Monroe
83 ft25 m
Airport (MLU)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.8 mi east of the city limits
79 ft24 m
Average of all land91 ft28 m

Elevation profile, west to east

2.0 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of West Monroe, Louisiana, shaded from 49 ft on the southeast side to 160 ft on the west side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, United States
Population
12,476 2024 est.
Land area
8.0 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
Density
1,554 per sq mi
Coordinates
32.5185° N, 92.1476° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Ouachita River → Atchafalaya River → Gulf of America
Airport
Monroe Regional (MLU) 79 ft
ZIP codes 2
71291 71292
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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.