Cherry Branch, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cherry Branch, North Carolina, shaded from 0 ft on the southeast side to 26 ft on the west side
Elevation
33 ft 10 m25 ft 8 m21 ft 6 m13 ft 4 m4 ft 1 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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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

Cherry Branch sits at about 16 ft (5 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
16 ft 5 m
most residents: 14–20 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
on the southeast side
Highest
26 ft 8 m
on the west side
Average
15 ft 5 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

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

Under 1% of Cherry Branch'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
16 ft5 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side
26 ft8 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side
0 ft0 m
Average of all land15 ft5 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cherry Branch, North Carolina, shaded from 0 ft on the southeast side to 26 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 Craven County, North Carolina, United States
Population
1,211 2020 Census
Land area
1.1 sq mi + 0.5 sq mi water
Density
1,055 per sq mi
Coordinates
34.9298° N, 76.8100° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 1
28532
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Arapahoe37 ft
  2. Grantsboro33 ft
  3. Minnesott Beach29 ft
  4. Neuse Forest27 ft
  5. Newport25 ft
  6. Havelock23 ft
  7. Brandywine Bay19 ft
  8. Cherry Branch16 ft
  9. Stonewall8 ft
  10. Fairfield Harbour6 ft
  11. Oriental6 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

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).
  • 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 34.9324° N, 76.7985° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.
  • Cherry Branch is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS and Watershed Boundary Dataset; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones; NOAA tidal surfaces (MHHW). All public domain.