The Meadows, FL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of The Meadows, Florida, shaded from 16 ft on the southwest side to 42 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
49 ft 15 m41 ft 12 m37 ft 11 m28 ft 9 m20 ft 6 m16 ft 5 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
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Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

The Meadows sits at about 27 ft (8 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
27 ft 8 m
most residents: 24–29 ft
Lowest
16 ft 5 m
on the southwest side
Highest
42 ft 13 m
on the northwest side
Average
27 ft 8 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

The Meadows is nearly flat: its ground varies by only about 26 ft, so the figures below sit close together.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
27 ft8 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side
42 ft13 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side
16 ft5 m
Town center
USGS map point for The Meadows
27 ft8 m
Airport (SRQ)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.4 mi northwest of the CDP boundary
30 ft9 m
Average of all land27 ft8 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of The Meadows, Florida, shaded from 16 ft on the southwest side to 42 ft on the northwest side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Sarasota County, Florida, United States
Population
5,037 2020 Census
Land area
2.4 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
Density
2,119 per sq mi
Coordinates
27.3617° N, 82.4690° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Gulf of America
Airport
Sarasota/Bradenton International (SRQ) 30 ft
ZIP codes 1
34235
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Lakewood Ranch38 ft
  2. Desoto Acres35 ft
  3. Desoto Lakes32 ft
  4. North Sarasota30 ft
  5. Kensington Park27 ft
  6. The Meadows27 ft
  7. Fruitville24 ft
  8. Sarasota Springs21 ft
  9. Sarasota19 ft
  10. Southgate19 ft
  11. Pinecraft14 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Portavant Indian Mound22 ft
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.
  • The Meadows 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.