Gautier, MS Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Gautier, Mississippi, shaded from sea level level on Graveline Bay to 93 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
94 ft 29 m70 ft 21 m58 ft 18 m35 ft 11 m12 ft 4 m0 ft 0 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Gautier sits at about 17 ft (5 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
17 ft 5 m
most residents: 6–22 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Graveline Bay
Highest
93 ft 28 m
on the northwest side
Average
15 ft 5 m
all land inside city limits

Gautier spans about 93 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
17 ft5 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the northwest side
93 ft28 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Graveline Bay
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Gautier
9 ft3 m
Airport (PQL)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 5.2 mi northeast of the city limits
17 ft5 m
Average of all land15 ft5 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.0 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Gautier, Mississippi, shaded from sea level level on Graveline Bay to 93 ft on the northwest side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Jackson County, Mississippi, United States
Population
19,055 2024 est.
Land area
30.3 sq mi + 1.9 sq mi water
Density
630 per sq mi
Coordinates
30.3858° N, 88.6117° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Gulf of America
Airport
Trent Lott International (PQL) 17 ft
ZIP codes 3
39553 39564 39565
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Vancleave59 ft
  2. Big Point58 ft
  3. Gulf Hills24 ft
  4. St. Martin23 ft
  5. Ocean Springs20 ft
  6. Gulf Park Estates18 ft
  7. Gautier17 ft
  8. Moss Point17 ft
  9. Helena12 ft
  10. Pascagoula12 ft
  11. Escatawpa11 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Ladnier Hill160 ft
  • Carrol Hill160 ft
  • Easen Hill150 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 30.4140° N, 88.6174° 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. All public domain.