Jacksonville, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Jacksonville, North Carolina, shaded from 0 ft near the middle to 64 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
64 ft 20 m48 ft 15 m40 ft 12 m24 ft 7 m8 ft 2 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
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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

Jacksonville sits at about 26 ft (8 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
26 ft 8 m
most residents: 14–45 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
near the middle
Highest
64 ft 20 m
on the northeast side
Average
23 ft 7 m
all land inside city limits

Jacksonville spans about 64 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.

Under 1% of Jacksonville's land lies below the average daily high tide (MHHW, NOAA), and 9% 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
26 ft8 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the northeast side
64 ft20 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, near the middle
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Jacksonville
15 ft5 m
Airport (OAJ)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 8.7 mi northwest of the city limits
93 ft28 m
Average of all land23 ft7 m

Elevation profile, south to north

8.2 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Jacksonville, North Carolina, shaded from 0 ft near the middle to 64 ft on the northeast side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in Onslow County, North Carolina, United States
Population
70,840 2024 est.
Land area
49.8 sq mi + 7.5 sq mi water
Density
1,422 per sq mi
Coordinates
34.7541° N, 77.4302° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
New River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Albert J Ellis (OAJ) 93 ft
ZIP codes 6
28540 28542 28543 28544 28546 28547
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Catherine Lake74 ft
  2. Richlands41 ft
  3. Kellum41 ft
  4. Pumpkin Center41 ft
  5. Dixon40 ft
  6. Southwest36 ft
  7. Verona36 ft
  8. Piney Green33 ft
  9. Hubert32 ft
  10. Half Moon30 ft
  11. Jacksonville26 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

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, −1 ft at 34.7257° N, 77.4201° 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.
  • 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; NOAA tidal surfaces (MHHW). All public domain.