South Miami Heights, FL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of South Miami Heights, Florida, shaded from 2 ft on the southwest side to 40 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
40 ft 12 m30 ft 9 m26 ft 8 m16 ft 5 m6 ft 2 m2 ft 1 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
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
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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

South Miami Heights sits at about 8 ft (2 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
8 ft 2 m
most residents: 6–11 ft
Lowest
2 ft 1 m
on the southwest side
Highest
40 ft 12 m
on the southeast side
Average
8 ft 3 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

South Miami Heights spans about 38 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.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
8 ft2 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side
40 ft12 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side
2 ft1 m
Town center
USGS map point for South Miami Heights
9 ft3 m
Airport (MIA)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 14 mi north of the CDP boundary
9 ft3 m
Average of all land8 ft3 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of South Miami Heights, Florida, shaded from 2 ft on the southwest side to 40 ft on the southeast side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States
Population
36,770 2020 Census
Land area
4.9 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
7,492 per sq mi
Coordinates
25.5976° N, 80.3806° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Miami International (MIA) 9 ft
ZIP codes 2
33157 33177
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Palmetto Estates10 ft
  2. West Perrine9 ft
  3. Palmetto Bay8 ft
  4. Richmond Heights8 ft
  5. Goulds8 ft
  6. Three Lakes8 ft
  7. South Miami Heights8 ft
  8. Richmond West8 ft
  9. Country Walk8 ft
  10. Cutler Bay7 ft
  11. Princeton6 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.
  • South Miami Heights 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. All public domain.