Laurel, DE Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Laurel, Delaware, shaded from 0 ft near the middle to 47 ft on the north side
Elevation
47 ft 14 m35 ft 11 m29 ft 9 m17 ft 5 m6 ft 2 m0 ft 0 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
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Laurel sits at about 26 ft (8 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
26 ft 8 m
most residents: 12–32 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
near the middle
Highest
47 ft 14 m
on the north side
Average
30 ft 9 m
all land inside town limits

Laurel spans about 47 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
26 ft8 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the north side
47 ft14 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, near the middle
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Laurel
26 ft8 m
Airport (SBY)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 14 mi south of the town limits
53 ft16 m
Average of all land30 ft9 m

Elevation profile, south to north

3.8 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Laurel, Delaware, shaded from 0 ft near the middle to 47 ft on the north side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Town in Sussex County, Delaware, United States
Population
4,395 2024 est.
Land area
2.8 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
1,579 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.5565° N, 75.5713° 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
19956
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Delmar50 ft
  2. Delmar, MD48 ft
  3. Hebron, MD39 ft
  4. Seaford28 ft
  5. Laurel26 ft
  6. Mardela Springs, MD24 ft
  7. Bethel22 ft
  8. Blades18 ft
  9. Sharptown, MD16 ft
  10. Galestown, MD12 ft
  11. Eldorado, MD8 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Wilson Hill53 ft
  • Easter Hill48 ft
  • Terrapin Hill44 ft
  • Pine Hill42 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).
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, −1 ft at 38.5618° N, 75.5882° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.