Hillsborough County, FL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Hillsborough County, Florida, shaded from sea level on Old Tampa Bay to 280 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
280 ft 85 m210 ft 65 m170 ft 55 m100 ft 30 m35 ft 11 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

Hillsborough County averages about 61 ft (19 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from sea level on Old Tampa Bay to 280 ft on the northeast side.

Average elevation
61 ft 19 m
all land inside the county
Highest
280 ft 85 m
on the northeast side
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Old Tampa Bay

Hillsborough County spans about 280 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 Hillsborough 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 land61 ft19 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
280 ft85 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Old Tampa Bay
0 ft0 m

Elevation profile, west to east

34 mi west to east through Tampa.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Hillsborough County, Florida, shaded from sea level on Old Tampa Bay to 280 ft on the northeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Florida, United States
Population
1,581,426 2024 est.
Land area
1,022.2 sq mi + 307.0 sq mi water
Density
1,547 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. Polk County120 ft
  2. Pasco County71 ft
  3. Hillsborough County61 ft
  4. Manatee County58 ft
  5. Pinellas County23 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Big Cockroach Mound33 ft
All 33 towns in Hillsborough County by typical elevation
  1. Plant City120 ft
  2. Dover100 ft
  3. Balm76 ft
  4. Valrico75 ft
  5. Fish Hawk73 ft
  6. Seffner70 ft
  7. Wimauma66 ft
  8. Riverview65 ft
  9. Lutz61 ft
  10. Cheval59 ft
  11. Pebble Creek56 ft
  12. Bloomingdale55 ft
  13. Mango55 ft
  14. Northdale53 ft
  15. Lake Magdalene53 ft
  16. Thonotosassa45 ft
  17. Sun City Center44 ft
  18. Carrollwood43 ft
  19. University42 ft
  20. Temple Terrace41 ft
  21. Brandon40 ft
  22. Citrus Park37 ft
  23. Keystone36 ft
  24. Egypt Lake-Leto35 ft
  25. East Lake-Orient Park31 ft
  26. Tampa29 ft
  27. Palm River-Clair Mel19 ft
  28. Westchase19 ft
  29. Progress Village18 ft
  30. Gibsonton14 ft
  31. Ruskin12 ft
  32. Town 'n' Country10 ft
  33. Apollo Beach10 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, −10 ft at 27.6765° N, 82.3685° 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.