Valparaiso, FL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Valparaiso, Florida, shaded from sea level level on Choctawhatchee Bay to 130 ft on the north side
Elevation
130 ft 40 m99 ft 30 m82 ft 25 m49 ft 15 m17 ft 5 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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Measure
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City area
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Elevation Data

Valparaiso sits at about 40 ft (12 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
40 ft 12 m
most residents: 14–66 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Choctawhatchee Bay
Highest
130 ft 40 m
on the north side
Average
42 ft 13 m
all land inside city limits

Valparaiso spans about 130 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 Valparaiso'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
40 ft12 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the north side
130 ft40 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Choctawhatchee Bay
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Valparaiso
48 ft15 m
Airport (VPS)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
84 ft26 m
Average of all land42 ft13 m

Elevation profile, south to north

6.3 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Valparaiso, Florida, shaded from sea level level on Choctawhatchee Bay to 130 ft on the north side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Okaloosa County, Florida, United States
Population
4,852 2024 est.
Land area
13.3 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
Density
365 per sq mi
Coordinates
30.5085° N, 86.5027° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Gulf of America
Airport
Eglin Afb/Destin-Ft Walton Beach (VPS) 84 ft
ZIP codes 2
32542 32580
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Valparaiso40 ft
  2. Niceville40 ft
  3. Wright39 ft
  4. Eglin AFB38 ft
  5. Mary Esther24 ft
  6. Lake Lorraine18 ft
  7. Fort Walton Beach18 ft
  8. Destin15 ft
  9. Ocean City13 ft
  10. Cinco Bayou10 ft
  11. Shalimar10 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Sandy Mountain300 ft
  • Topsail Hill33 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 30.5012° N, 86.5012° 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.