Clearwater, FL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Clearwater, Florida, shaded from sea level level on Safety Harbor to 110 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
110 ft 30 m79 ft 24 m66 ft 20 m40 ft 12 m13 ft 4 m0 ft 0 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

Clearwater sits at about 43 ft (13 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
43 ft 13 m
most residents: 9–77 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Safety Harbor
Highest
110 ft 30 m
on the northeast side
Average
46 ft 14 m
all land inside city limits

Clearwater spans about 110 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.

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

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
43 ft13 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the northeast side
110 ft30 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Safety Harbor
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Clearwater
31 ft9 m
Airport (PIE)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 3.0 mi southeast of the city limits
11 ft3 m
Average of all land46 ft14 m

Elevation profile, west to east

10 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Clearwater, Florida, shaded from sea level level on Safety Harbor to 110 ft on the northeast side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Pinellas County, Florida, United States
Population
116,811 2024 est.
Land area
26.2 sq mi + 12.1 sq mi water
Density
4,460 per sq mi
Coordinates
27.9659° N, 82.8001° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Gulf of America
Airport
St Pete-Clearwater International (PIE) 11 ft
ZIP codes 8
33755 33756 33759 33761 33763 33764 33765 33767
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Greenbriar63 ft
  2. Ridgecrest51 ft
  3. Clearwater43 ft
  4. Belleair Bluffs43 ft
  5. Belleair39 ft
  6. Dunedin27 ft
  7. Largo18 ft
  8. Harbor Bluffs16 ft
  9. South Highpoint15 ft
  10. Belleair Shore7 ft
  11. Belleair Beach4 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Sunset Hills47 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, −2 ft at 28.0185° N, 82.8276° 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA tidal surfaces (MHHW). All public domain.