Palo Seco, PR Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Palo Seco, Puerto Rico, shaded from 58 ft on the northeast side to 1,050 ft at the foot of the Sierra de Guardarraya
Elevation
1,050 ft 320 m800 ft 245 m680 ft 205 m430 ft 130 m180 ft 55 m58 ft 18 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
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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 Census boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Palo Seco sits at about 190 ft (60 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
190 ft 60 m
most residents: 89–200 ft
Lowest
58 ft 18 m
on the northeast side
Highest
1,050 ft 320 m
at the foot of the Sierra de Guardarraya
Average
300 ft 90 m
all land inside the Census boundary

Palo Seco spans about 992 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.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
190 ft60 m
Highest point
Inside the Census boundary, at the foot of the Sierra de Guardarraya
1,050 ft320 m
Lowest point
Inside the Census boundary, on the northeast side
58 ft18 m
Town center
USGS map point for Palo Seco
270 ft85 m
Average of all land300 ft90 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.7 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Palo Seco, Puerto Rico, shaded from 58 ft on the northeast side to 1,050 ft at the foot of the Sierra de Guardarraya
Census boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Community (census-designated) in Maunabo Municipio, Puerto Rico, United States
Population
782 2020 Census
Land area
0.5 sq mi
Density
1,722 per sq mi
Coordinates
18.0075° N, 65.9368° W
Time zone
Atlantic UTC−4, no daylight saving
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 1
00707
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Yaurel580 ft
  2. Palo Seco190 ft
  3. Buena Vista170 ft
  4. El Negro170 ft
  5. Lamboglia170 ft
  6. Rosa Sánchez150 ft
  7. Playita110 ft
  8. Emajagua110 ft
  9. Martorell87 ft
  10. Palmas60 ft
  11. Comunas43 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Monte Jayuya4,310 ft
  • Monte Guilarte3,954 ft
  • El Toro3,480 ft
  • Pico Huton1,530 ft
  • Pico Lebrón1,510 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the Census 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 Census 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: Puerto Rico Vertical Datum of 2002 (PRVD02). NGS plans to replace PRVD02 with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
  • Palo Seco is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS and Watershed Boundary Dataset; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.