Slaughter Beach, DE Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Slaughter Beach, Delaware, shaded from sea level level on Delaware Bay to 10 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
33 ft 10 m25 ft 8 m21 ft 6 m12 ft 4 m4 ft 1 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.
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Town area
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Elevation Data

Slaughter Beach sits at about 2 ft (1 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside town limits (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
2 ft 1 m
few residents
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Delaware Bay
Highest
10 ft 3 m
on the northwest side
Average
3 ft 1 m
all land inside town limits

Slaughter Beach is nearly flat: its ground varies by only about 10 ft, so the figures below sit close together.

FigureElevation
Typical (all land)
Median of all land; too few residents to weight by
2 ft1 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the northwest side
10 ft3 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Delaware Bay
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Slaughter Beach
9 ft3 m
Average of all land3 ft1 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Slaughter Beach, Delaware, shaded from sea level level on Delaware Bay to 10 ft on the northwest side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Town in Sussex County, Delaware, United States
Population
247 2024 est.
Land area
1.4 sq mi
Density
174 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.9129° N, 75.3041° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 1
19963
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Houston49 ft
  2. Ellendale49 ft
  3. Lincoln42 ft
  4. Riverview41 ft
  5. Milton31 ft
  6. Magnolia28 ft
  7. Milford28 ft
  8. Frederica15 ft
  9. Lewes13 ft
  10. Bowers3 ft
  11. Slaughter Beach2 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Sand Hill77 ft
  • Rattlesnake Hill31 ft
  • Sugar Hill23 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the town limits; too few residents live here to weight by people.
  • 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, −2 ft at 38.9376° N, 75.3226° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted; this coastal land's lowest point is sea level on the coast.
  • 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.