Delco, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Delco, North Carolina, shaded from 3 ft on the north side to 63 ft on the east side
Elevation
63 ft 19 m48 ft 15 m41 ft 12 m25 ft 8 m10 ft 3 m3 ft 1 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
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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Delco sits at about 45 ft (14 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
45 ft 14 m
most residents: 34–57 ft
Lowest
3 ft 1 m
on the north side
Highest
63 ft 19 m
on the east side
Average
36 ft 11 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Delco spans about 60 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.

0% of Delco's land lies below the average daily high tide (MHHW, NOAA), and 1% 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
45 ft14 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side
63 ft19 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the north side
3 ft1 m
Town center
USGS map point for Delco
46 ft14 m
Average of all land36 ft11 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.7 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Delco, North Carolina, shaded from 3 ft on the north side to 63 ft on the east side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Columbus County, North Carolina, United States
Population
287 2020 Census
Land area
1.5 sq mi
Density
190 per sq mi
Coordinates
34.3157° N, 78.2247° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 1
28436
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Bolton61 ft
  2. East Arcadia59 ft
  3. Northwest57 ft
  4. Sandy Creek54 ft
  5. Sandyfield49 ft
  6. Riegelwood45 ft
  7. Delco45 ft
  8. Leland25 ft
  9. Kelly23 ft
  10. Belville22 ft
  11. Navassa17 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Sand Hill, Brunswick County63 ft
  • Sand Ball Hill40 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.
  • Delco 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); BTS time zones; NOAA tidal surfaces (MHHW). All public domain.