Playita Cortada, PR Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Playita Cortada, Puerto Rico, shaded from sea level level on the Mar Caribe to 26 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
33 ft 10 m25 ft 8 m21 ft 6 m12 ft 4 m4 ft 1 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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Measure
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Area
Fades everything outside the official Census boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Playita Cortada sits at about 6 ft (2 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
6 ft 2 m
most residents: 4–13 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on the Mar Caribe
Highest
26 ft 8 m
on the northwest side
Average
9 ft 3 m
all land inside the Census boundary

Playita Cortada is nearly flat: its ground varies by only about 26 ft, so the figures below sit close together.

Under 1% of Playita Cortada's land lies below the average daily high tide (MHHW, NOAA), and 25% 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
6 ft2 m
Highest point
Inside the Census boundary, on the northwest side
26 ft8 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets the Mar Caribe
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Playita Cortada
11 ft3 m
Airport (PSE)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 7.5 mi west of the Census boundary
37 ft11 m
Average of all land9 ft3 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Playita Cortada, Puerto Rico, shaded from sea level level on the Mar Caribe to 26 ft on the northwest side
Census boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Community (census-designated) in Santa Isabel Municipio, Puerto Rico, United States
Population
1,475 2020 Census
Land area
0.9 sq mi + 1.1 sq mi water
Density
1,646 per sq mi
Coordinates
17.9850° N, 66.4391° W
Time zone
Atlantic UTC−4, no daylight saving
Drains to
Caribbean Sea
Airport
Mercedita (PSE) 37 ft
ZIP codes 1
00757
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Los Llanos500 ft
  2. Río Cañas Abajo260 ft
  3. Piedra Aguza160 ft
  4. Parcelas Peñuelas150 ft
  5. Las Ollas140 ft
  6. Aguilita100 ft
  7. El Ojo100 ft
  8. Capitanejo62 ft
  9. Jauca9 ft
  10. Potala Pastillo8 ft
  11. Playita Cortada6 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Monte Jayuya4,310 ft
  • Monte Guilarte3,954 ft
  • El Toro3,480 ft
  • Monte Figueroa460 ft
  • Cerro del Muerto, Santa Isabel Municipio370 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).
  • 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 17.9713° N, 66.4371° 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: 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.
  • Playita Cortada 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA tidal surfaces (MHHW); NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.