THE DELCAMBRE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Lafayette Loess Plains setting.
Delcambre town has 1.17 square miles of land in Iberia Parish, Vermilion Parish. Its Census reference point is in Lafayette Loess Plains, within Western Gulf Coastal Plain.
Low coastal plains extend along the western Gulf, contrasting with more irregular inland country. Grassland was the principal natural cover, with river corridors and coastal features adding local variation.
Regional context: Western Gulf Coastal Plain ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
One place name. 2 county geographies.
Delcambre intersects 2 county geographies: Iberia Parish, Vermilion Parish. A Delcambre mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Delcambre by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within Delcambre, or 0.3% of its total area. It is 17.2 percentage points lower than the 17.5% recorded for Louisiana. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Delcambre town has 66.7% of the land area of nearby Erath town (1.76 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

