Lajas Municipio, PR Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lajas Municipio, Puerto Rico, shaded from sea level on the Bahía Montalva to 930 ft on the west side
Elevation
930 ft 285 m700 ft 215 m580 ft 175 m350 ft 105 m120 ft 35 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
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.
Municipio area
Fades everything outside the official municipio boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Lajas Municipio averages about 120 ft (35 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from sea level on the Bahía Montalva to 930 ft on the west side.

Average elevation
120 ft 35 m
all land inside the municipio
Highest
930 ft 285 m
on the west side
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on the Bahía Montalva

Lajas Municipio spans about 930 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.

2% of Lajas Municipio'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
Average of all land120 ft35 m
Highest point
Inside the municipio, on the west side
930 ft285 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets the Bahía Montalva
0 ft0 m

Elevation profile, south to north

12 mi south to north through La Parguera.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lajas Municipio, Puerto Rico, shaded from sea level on the Bahía Montalva to 930 ft on the west side
Municipio boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Municipio in Puerto Rico, United States
Population
23,334 2020 Census
Land area
60.0 sq mi + 41.2 sq mi water
Density
389 per sq mi
Time zone
Atlantic UTC−4, no daylight saving
Drains to
Caribbean Sea
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring municipios sharing a border, by average

  1. Sabana Grande Municipio790 ft
  2. San Germán Municipio540 ft
  3. Guánica Municipio140 ft
  4. Lajas Municipio120 ft
  5. Cabo Rojo Municipio120 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Cerro Algarrobo849 ft
  • Picacho de la Tea800 ft
  • Cerro Vertero500 ft
  • Cerro La Parra500 ft
  • Cerro Quemado460 ft
All 3 towns in Lajas Municipio by typical elevation
  1. Palmarejo, Lajas Municipio130 ft
  2. Maguayo60 ft
  3. La Parguera17 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census municipio 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, −3 ft at 17.9574° N, 67.0924° 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 municipios 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 municipio 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 municipio.
  • 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: Puerto Rico Vertical Datum of 2002 (PRVD02). NGS plans to replace PRVD02 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.