Lake · Louisiana

Catahoula Lake

8 m26 ft

Area: 73 km²
Tonight: 48°FFog · Wind 0 mph

Catahoula Lake is a lake at 8 m above sea level in Louisiana, United States, 73 km² in area and 20.9 km long.

All facts

Surface elevation: 8 m
Length: 20.9 km
Shoreline: 121.2 km

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Lake

Catahoula Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline: 121.2 km

3D map

Catahoula Lake 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 20 × 20 km

Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Catahoula Lake terrain and contours

5 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 25 mShowing west → east through the centre

Catahoula Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Catahoula Lake weather

Tonight · Fog · 48°F (9°C) · Wind 0 mph

Catahoula Lake forecast for about 13 m.

Tonight48°–0 mph
Today52°77°–0 mph
Fri52°78°–0–5 mph NE
Sat45°69°–10 mph NE
Sun47°64°3%5–10 mph N
Mon48°67°10%0–5 mph N
Tue50°71°4%0 mph

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Nov 5, 06:47 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 100% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

99.7%

Moderate, 15–30°

0.3%

Steep, 30–45°

0.0%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 0.0% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view: 69 m low point 5 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 72.2%Cropland 9.6%Grassland 9.0%Water 7.5%Wetland 1.5%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 10 km; 275 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Wood Stork13
Snow Squarestem12
American Alligator9
Anhinga8
Roseate Spoonbill7
Yellow-crowned Night Heron6

Where it sits

Where Catahoula Lake sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Sam Rayburn ReservoirLake197 km WSW

Downloads

Catahoula Lake downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGCatahoula Lake satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-23.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain: U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-23)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Forecast: Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources: Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia