Kent County, DE Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Kent County, Delaware, shaded from sea level on Delaware Bay to 190 ft on the west side
Elevation
190 ft 55 m140 ft 45 m120 ft 35 m70 ft 21 m23 ft 7 m0 ft 0 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Kent County averages about 39 ft (12 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from sea level on Delaware Bay to 190 ft on the west side.

Average elevation
39 ft 12 m
all land inside the county
Highest
190 ft 55 m
on the west side
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Delaware Bay

Kent County spans about 190 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land39 ft12 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the west side
190 ft55 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Delaware Bay
0 ft0 m

Elevation profile, west to east

27 mi west to east through Dover.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Kent County, Delaware, shaded from sea level on Delaware Bay to 190 ft on the west side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
County in Delaware, United States
Population
192,690 2024 est.
Land area
586.1 sq mi + 212.3 sq mi water
Density
329 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. New Castle County95 ft
  2. Salem County, NJ55 ft
  3. Cumberland County, NJ49 ft
  4. Queen Anne's County, MD47 ft
  5. Kent County, MD46 ft
  6. Caroline County, MD45 ft
  7. Kent County39 ft
  8. Sussex County32 ft
  9. Cape May County, NJ13 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 27 towns in Kent County by typical elevation
  1. Hartly70 ft
  2. Farmington61 ft
  3. Kenton60 ft
  4. Felton59 ft
  5. Viola58 ft
  6. Harrington58 ft
  7. Woodside56 ft
  8. Houston49 ft
  9. Woodside East48 ft
  10. Clayton44 ft
  11. Camden42 ft
  12. Cheswold42 ft
  13. Riverview41 ft
  14. Wyoming38 ft
  15. Smyrna35 ft
  16. Rodney Village34 ft
  17. Dover33 ft
  18. Kent Acres29 ft
  19. Highland Acres28 ft
  20. Magnolia28 ft
  21. Milford partly28 ft
  22. Rising Sun-Lebanon27 ft
  23. Dover Base Housing22 ft
  24. Frederica15 ft
  25. Little Creek11 ft
  26. Leipsic7 ft
  27. Bowers3 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.