Alachua, FL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Alachua, Florida, shaded from 39 ft on the northwest side to 190 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
190 ft 60 m160 ft 45 m140 ft 40 m97 ft 30 m58 ft 18 m39 ft 12 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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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City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Alachua sits at about 130 ft (40 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
130 ft 40 m
most residents: 77–160 ft
Lowest
39 ft 12 m
on the northwest side
Highest
190 ft 60 m
on the southeast side
Average
120 ft 35 m
all land inside city limits

Alachua spans about 151 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
130 ft40 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the southeast side
190 ft60 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the northwest side
39 ft12 m
Town center
USGS map point for Alachua
140 ft40 m
Airport (GNV)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 7.3 mi southeast of the city limits
151 ft46 m
Average of all land120 ft35 m

Elevation profile, west to east

9.8 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Alachua, Florida, shaded from 39 ft on the northwest side to 190 ft on the southeast side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Alachua County, Florida, United States
Population
10,856 2024 est.
Land area
36.2 sq mi + 0.4 sq mi water
Density
300 per sq mi
Coordinates
29.7516° N, 82.4248° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Closed basin (does not reach the sea)
Airport
Gainesville Regional (GNV) 151 ft
ZIP codes 3
32615 32616 32653
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Waldo150 ft
  2. La Crosse140 ft
  3. Gainesville140 ft
  4. Alachua130 ft
  5. Brooker130 ft
  6. Worthington Springs110 ft
  7. Micanopy110 ft
  8. Archer84 ft
  9. Newberry81 ft
  10. High Springs72 ft
  11. Spring Ridge55 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Underwood Hill180 ft
  • Spring Hill, Alachua County140 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city 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 city 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, 38 ft at 29.8026° N, 82.5085° 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.