Craven County, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Craven County, North Carolina, shaded from sea level on the Intracoastal Waterway to 160 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
160 ft 50 m120 ft 35 m99 ft 30 m59 ft 18 m20 ft 6 m0 ft 0 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Craven County averages about 27 ft (8 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from sea level on the Intracoastal Waterway to 160 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
27 ft 8 m
all land inside the county
Highest
160 ft 50 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on the Intracoastal Waterway

Craven County spans about 160 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

Under 1% of Craven County's land lies below the average daily high tide (MHHW, NOAA), and 5% lies less than 3 ft above it. Check flood zones on FEMA's map

FigureElevation
Average of all land27 ft8 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
160 ft50 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets the Intracoastal Waterway
0 ft0 m

Elevation profile, west to east

17 mi west to east through New Bern.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Craven County, North Carolina, shaded from sea level on the Intracoastal Waterway to 160 ft on the northwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in North Carolina, United States
Population
104,167 2024 est.
Land area
706.5 sq mi + 66.7 sq mi water
Density
147 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain 98%
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Lenoir County77 ft
  2. Pitt County48 ft
  3. Jones County45 ft
  4. Craven County27 ft
  5. Beaufort County22 ft
  6. Pamlico County13 ft
  7. Carteret County11 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 13 towns in Craven County by typical elevation
  1. Dover61 ft
  2. Cove City46 ft
  3. Neuse Forest27 ft
  4. Vanceboro25 ft
  5. James City24 ft
  6. Havelock23 ft
  7. New Bern20 ft
  8. Brices Creek19 ft
  9. Cherry Branch16 ft
  10. Trent Woods14 ft
  11. River Bend13 ft
  12. Bridgeton8 ft
  13. Fairfield Harbour6 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • 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, −39 ft at 35.1399° N, 77.1440° 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: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones; NOAA tidal surfaces (MHHW). All public domain.