Tampa, FL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Tampa, Florida, shaded from sea level level on McKay Bay to 97 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
97 ft 30 m73 ft 22 m60 ft 18 m36 ft 11 m12 ft 4 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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City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Tampa sits at about 29 ft (9 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
29 ft 9 m
most residents: 8–54 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on McKay Bay
Highest
97 ft 29 m
on the northeast side
Average
28 ft 9 m
all land inside city limits

Tampa spans about 97 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 Tampa's land lies below the average daily high tide (MHHW, NOAA), and 4% 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
29 ft9 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the northeast side
97 ft29 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets McKay Bay
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Tampa
16 ft5 m
Airport (TPA)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
27 ft8 m
Average of all land28 ft9 m

Elevation profile, south to north

17 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Tampa, Florida, shaded from sea level level on McKay Bay to 97 ft on the northeast side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States
Population
414,547 2024 est.
Land area
114.5 sq mi + 63.3 sq mi water
Density
3,622 per sq mi
Coordinates
27.9475° N, 82.4584° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Gulf of America
Airport
Tampa International (TPA) 27 ft
ZIP codes 22
33592 33602 33603 33604 33605 33606 33607 33609 33610 33611 33612 33613 33614 33616 33617 33619 33620 33621 33629 33634 33637 33647
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Lake Magdalene53 ft
  2. Carrollwood43 ft
  3. University42 ft
  4. Temple Terrace41 ft
  5. Egypt Lake-Leto35 ft
  6. East Lake-Orient Park31 ft
  7. Tampa29 ft
  8. Palm River-Clair Mel19 ft
  9. Progress Village18 ft
  10. Gibsonton14 ft
  11. Town 'n' Country10 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Nursery Hill240 ft
  • LeHeup Hill240 ft
  • Greer Hill230 ft
  • Sunset Hills47 ft
  • Big Cockroach Mound33 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, 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 city limits (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • 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 28.0121° N, 82.4646° 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: 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.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA tidal surfaces (MHHW). All public domain.