Charlotte County, FL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Charlotte County, Florida, shaded from sea level on Bull Bay to 130 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
130 ft 40 m94 ft 29 m78 ft 24 m47 ft 14 m16 ft 5 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

Charlotte County averages about 26 ft (8 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from sea level on Bull Bay to 130 ft on the southeast side.

Average elevation
26 ft 8 m
all land inside the county
Highest
130 ft 40 m
on the southeast side
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Bull Bay

Charlotte County spans about 130 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.

Under 1% of Charlotte County's land lies below the average daily high tide (MHHW, NOAA), and 8% lies less than 3 ft above it. Check flood zones on FEMA's map

FigureElevation
Average of all land26 ft8 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
130 ft40 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Bull Bay
0 ft0 m

Elevation profile, west to east

43 mi west to east through Port Charlotte.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Charlotte County, Florida, shaded from sea level on Bull Bay to 130 ft on the southeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
County in Florida, United States
Population
212,122 2024 est.
Land area
681.2 sq mi + 266.1 sq mi water
Density
311 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain 98%
Drains to
Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Highlands County75 ft
  2. DeSoto County56 ft
  3. Glades County30 ft
  4. Charlotte County26 ft
  5. Sarasota County23 ft
  6. Lee County15 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Cash Mound10 ft
  • John Quiet Mound8 ft
All 11 towns in Charlotte County by typical elevation
  1. Harbour Heights14 ft
  2. Port Charlotte10 ft
  3. Englewood partly10 ft
  4. Grove City8 ft
  5. Cleveland7 ft
  6. Rotonda6 ft
  7. Manasota Key6 ft
  8. Punta Gorda5 ft
  9. Charlotte Harbor5 ft
  10. Solana4 ft
  11. Charlotte Park3 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.
  • 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, −30 ft at 26.9126° N, 82.3085° 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: 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; NOAA tidal surfaces (MHHW). All public domain.