Delmar, DE Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Delmar, Delaware, shaded from 44 ft on the east side to 67 ft on the east side
Elevation
77 ft 24 m69 ft 21 m65 ft 20 m57 ft 17 m48 ft 15 m44 ft 14 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
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Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Delmar sits at about 50 ft (15 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
50 ft 15 m
most residents: 49–51 ft
Lowest
44 ft 13 m
on the east side
Highest
67 ft 20 m
on the east side
Average
50 ft 15 m
all land inside town limits

Delmar is nearly flat: its ground varies by only about 23 ft, so the figures below sit close together.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
50 ft15 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the east side
67 ft20 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the east side
44 ft13 m
Town center
USGS map point for Delmar
53 ft16 m
Airport (SBY)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 8.0 mi southeast of the town limits
53 ft16 m
Average of all land50 ft15 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Delmar, Delaware, shaded from 44 ft on the east side to 67 ft on the east side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Town in Sussex County, Delaware, United States
Population
2,278 2024 est.
Land area
1.9 sq mi
Density
1,198 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.4565° N, 75.5771° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Nanticoke River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional (SBY) 53 ft
ZIP codes 1
19940
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Parsonsburg, MD76 ft
  2. Delmar50 ft
  3. Pittsville, MD48 ft
  4. Delmar, MD48 ft
  5. Hebron, MD39 ft
  6. Fruitland, MD35 ft
  7. Salisbury, MD31 ft
  8. Laurel26 ft
  9. Mardela Springs, MD24 ft
  10. Bethel22 ft
  11. Sharptown, MD16 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Easter Hill48 ft
  • Terrapin Hill44 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town 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 town 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.