Escambia County, FL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Escambia County, Florida, shaded from sea level on the Gulf of America to 290 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
290 ft 90 m220 ft 65 m180 ft 55 m110 ft 35 m36 ft 11 m0 ft 0 m
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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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County area
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Elevation Data

Escambia County averages about 130 ft (40 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from sea level on the Gulf of America to 290 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
130 ft 40 m
all land inside the county
Highest
290 ft 90 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on the Gulf of America

Escambia County spans about 290 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 Escambia County's land lies below the average daily high tide (MHHW, NOAA), and 2% lies less than 3 ft above it. Check flood zones on FEMA's map

FigureElevation
Average of all land130 ft40 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
290 ft90 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets the Gulf of America
0 ft0 m

Elevation profile, south to north

57 mi south to north through Pensacola.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Escambia County, Florida, shaded from sea level on the Gulf of America to 290 ft on the northwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Florida, United States
Population
331,275 2024 est.
Land area
657.0 sq mi + 468.7 sq mi water
Density
504 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
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. Escambia County, AL210 ft
  2. Escambia County130 ft
  3. Santa Rosa County120 ft
  4. Baldwin County, AL100 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Sunny Hill200 ft
  • Rocky Mound99 ft
  • Sand Mound61 ft
  • Sabine Sand Hills22 ft
All 13 towns in Escambia County by typical elevation
  1. Ensley120 ft
  2. Molino120 ft
  3. Gonzalez120 ft
  4. Ferry Pass94 ft
  5. Brent94 ft
  6. Century78 ft
  7. Pensacola73 ft
  8. Goulding72 ft
  9. Bellview70 ft
  10. West Pensacola68 ft
  11. Myrtle Grove32 ft
  12. Warrington20 ft
  13. Pensacola Station8 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 2 arc-second (≈200 ft, 62 m) grid, coarsened from 1 arc-second so the whole area fits one run. Land means the boundary minus Census area water (on this grid, water areas of at least half a cell).
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 highest grid cells. Lowest: the lowest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 lowest grid cells; 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, −1 ft at 30.5415° N, 87.1746° 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.