Palm River-Clair Mel, FL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Palm River-Clair Mel, Florida, shaded from sea level level on Hillsborough Bay to 55 ft on the east side
Elevation
55 ft 17 m41 ft 13 m34 ft 10 m21 ft 6 m7 ft 2 m0 ft 0 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Palm River-Clair Mel sits at about 19 ft (6 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
19 ft 6 m
most residents: 9–26 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Hillsborough Bay
Highest
55 ft 17 m
on the east side
Average
15 ft 5 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Palm River-Clair Mel spans about 55 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 Palm River-Clair Mel's land lies below the average daily high tide (MHHW, NOAA), and 5% 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
19 ft6 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side
55 ft17 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Hillsborough Bay
0 ft0 m
Airport (TPA)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 7.9 mi west of the CDP boundary
27 ft8 m
Average of all land15 ft5 m

Elevation profile, west to east

3.6 mi west to east through the middle of Palm River-Clair Mel.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Palm River-Clair Mel, Florida, shaded from sea level level on Hillsborough Bay to 55 ft on the east side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States
Population
26,142 2020 Census
Land area
11.4 sq mi + 0.3 sq mi water
Density
2,288 per sq mi
Coordinates
27.9252° N, 82.3718° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Gulf of America
Airport
Tampa International (TPA) 27 ft
ZIP codes 2
33578 33619
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Seffner70 ft
  2. Riverview65 ft
  3. Bloomingdale55 ft
  4. Mango55 ft
  5. Temple Terrace41 ft
  6. Brandon40 ft
  7. East Lake-Orient Park31 ft
  8. Tampa29 ft
  9. Palm River-Clair Mel19 ft
  10. Progress Village18 ft
  11. Gibsonton14 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • 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.
  • Palm River-Clair Mel is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA tidal surfaces (MHHW). All public domain.