Fort Pierce, FL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Fort Pierce, Florida, shaded from sea level level on the Atlantic Ocean to 140 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
140 ft 45 m110 ft 30 m88 ft 27 m53 ft 16 m18 ft 5 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

Fort Pierce sits at about 18 ft (5 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
18 ft 5 m
most residents: 7–21 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on the Atlantic Ocean
Highest
140 ft 45 m
on the southwest side
Average
16 ft 5 m
all land inside city limits

Fort Pierce spans about 140 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 Fort Pierce'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
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
18 ft5 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the southwest side
140 ft45 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets the Atlantic Ocean
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Fort Pierce
16 ft5 m
Airport (VRB)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 13 mi north of the city limits
24 ft7 m
Average of all land16 ft5 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Fort Pierce, Florida, shaded from sea level level on the Atlantic Ocean to 140 ft on the southwest side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in St. Lucie County, Florida, United States
Population
50,805 2024 est.
Land area
24.9 sq mi + 5.6 sq mi water
Density
2,043 per sq mi
Coordinates
27.4467° N, 80.3256° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Vero Beach Regional (VRB) 24 ft
ZIP codes 7
34945 34946 34947 34949 34950 34981 34982
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Lakewood Park22 ft
  2. Florida Ridge21 ft
  3. Port St. Lucie20 ft
  4. Fort Pierce North20 ft
  5. Fort Pierce18 ft
  6. Indian River Estates18 ft
  7. Fort Pierce South17 ft
  8. White City13 ft
  9. River Park12 ft
  10. South Beach8 ft
  11. St. Lucie Village4 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Pisgah Hill57 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 27.4793° N, 80.3137° 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); NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.