Swansboro, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Swansboro, North Carolina, shaded from 0 ft on the north side to 40 ft on the west side
Elevation
40 ft 12 m30 ft 9 m25 ft 8 m15 ft 5 m5 ft 2 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
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Swansboro sits at about 27 ft (8 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
27 ft 8 m
most residents: 9–31 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
on the north side
Highest
40 ft 12 m
on the west side
Average
27 ft 8 m
all land inside town limits

Swansboro spans about 40 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 Swansboro's land lies below the average daily high tide (MHHW, NOAA), and 2% 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
27 ft8 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the west side
40 ft12 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the north side
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Swansboro
15 ft5 m
Average of all land27 ft8 m

Elevation profile, west to east

2.1 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Swansboro, North Carolina, shaded from 0 ft on the north side to 40 ft on the west side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Town in Onslow County, North Carolina, United States
Population
4,165 2024 est.
Land area
2.3 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
Density
1,840 per sq mi
Coordinates
34.6877° N, 77.1191° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 1
28584
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Piney Green33 ft
  2. Hubert32 ft
  3. Peletier29 ft
  4. Bear Creek28 ft
  5. Swansboro27 ft
  6. Bogue26 ft
  7. Broad Creek25 ft
  8. Cape Carteret25 ft
  9. Cedar Point22 ft
  10. Emerald Isle14 ft
  11. Indian Beach9 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town 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 town 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 34.6860° N, 77.1254° 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 and Watershed Boundary Dataset; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones; NOAA tidal surfaces (MHHW). All public domain.