Manatee County, FL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Manatee County, Florida, shaded from sea level on Miguel Bay to 210 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
210 ft 65 m150 ft 45 m130 ft 40 m77 ft 24 m26 ft 8 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

Manatee County averages about 58 ft (18 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from sea level on Miguel Bay to 210 ft on the northeast side.

Average elevation
58 ft 18 m
all land inside the county
Highest
210 ft 65 m
on the northeast side
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Miguel Bay

Manatee County spans about 210 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 Manatee County'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
Average of all land58 ft18 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
210 ft65 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Miguel Bay
0 ft0 m

Elevation profile, west to east

52 mi west to east through Bradenton.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Manatee County, Florida, shaded from sea level on Miguel Bay to 210 ft on the northeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
County in Florida, United States
Population
458,352 2024 est.
Land area
742.8 sq mi + 226.1 sq mi water
Density
617 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. Hardee County85 ft
  2. Hillsborough County61 ft
  3. Manatee County58 ft
  4. DeSoto County56 ft
  5. Sarasota County23 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Portavant Indian Mound22 ft
All 16 towns in Manatee County by typical elevation
  1. Lakewood Ranch38 ft
  2. West Samoset37 ft
  3. Samoset26 ft
  4. South Bradenton19 ft
  5. Bayshore Gardens18 ft
  6. West Bradenton17 ft
  7. Whitfield17 ft
  8. Bradenton16 ft
  9. Memphis14 ft
  10. Ellenton11 ft
  11. Palmetto7 ft
  12. Cortez4 ft
  13. Longboat Key partly4 ft
  14. Bradenton Beach4 ft
  15. Holmes Beach3 ft
  16. Anna Maria3 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, −11 ft at 27.4382° N, 82.6296° 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.