Putnam County, FL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Putnam County, Florida, shaded from sea level on Green Bay to 240 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
240 ft 75 m180 ft 55 m150 ft 45 m89 ft 27 m30 ft 9 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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Measure
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County area
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Elevation Data

Putnam County averages about 56 ft (17 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from sea level on Green Bay to 240 ft on the northeast side.

Average elevation
56 ft 17 m
all land inside the county
Highest
240 ft 75 m
on the northeast side
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Green Bay

Putnam County spans about 240 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 Putnam County's land lies below the average daily high tide (MHHW, NOAA), and 6% lies less than 3 ft above it. Check flood zones on FEMA's map

FigureElevation
Average of all land56 ft17 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
240 ft75 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Green Bay
0 ft0 m

Elevation profile, west to east

32 mi west to east through Palatka.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Putnam County, Florida, shaded from sea level on Green Bay to 240 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
77,301 2024 est.
Land area
728.4 sq mi + 98.5 sq mi water
Density
106 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean 96%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Bradford County140 ft
  2. Alachua County110 ft
  3. Clay County94 ft
  4. Marion County82 ft
  5. Putnam County56 ft
  6. Volusia County28 ft
  7. St. Johns County22 ft
  8. Flagler County20 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 6 towns in Putnam County by typical elevation
  1. Interlachen92 ft
  2. Pomona Park66 ft
  3. Palatka59 ft
  4. Crescent City48 ft
  5. Welaka22 ft
  6. East Palatka13 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, −2 ft at 29.6965° N, 81.6104° 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.