Powellville, MD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Powellville, Maryland, shaded from 19 ft on the east side to 47 ft on the west side
Elevation
52 ft 16 m43 ft 13 m39 ft 12 m31 ft 9 m23 ft 7 m19 ft 6 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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

Powellville sits at about 33 ft (10 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
33 ft 10 m
most residents: 33–42 ft
Lowest
19 ft 6 m
on the east side
Highest
47 ft 14 m
on the west side
Average
33 ft 10 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Powellville is nearly flat: its ground varies by only about 28 ft, so the figures below sit close together.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
33 ft10 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side
47 ft14 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side
19 ft6 m
Town center
USGS map point for Powellville
30 ft9 m
Airport (SBY)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.5 mi west of the CDP boundary
53 ft16 m
Average of all land33 ft10 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Powellville, Maryland, shaded from 19 ft on the east side to 47 ft on the west side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Wicomico County, Maryland, United States
Population
188 2020 Census
Land area
1.6 sq mi
Density
119 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.3287° N, 75.3755° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Pocomoke River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional (SBY) 53 ft
ZIP codes 1
21850
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Parsonsburg76 ft
  2. Pittsville48 ft
  3. Willards36 ft
  4. Newark34 ft
  5. Selbyville, DE33 ft
  6. Whaleyville33 ft
  7. Powellville33 ft
  8. Salisbury31 ft
  9. Berlin27 ft
  10. Bishopville24 ft
  11. Snow Hill16 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Backbone Hill49 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.
  • Powellville 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.