Brownsville, TX Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Brownsville, Texas, shaded from sea level level on the Laguna Madre to 110 ft on the east side
Elevation
110 ft 35 m86 ft 26 m71 ft 22 m43 ft 13 m14 ft 4 m0 ft 0 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Brownsville 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: 20–35 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on the Laguna Madre
Highest
110 ft 35 m
on the east side
Average
23 ft 7 m
all land inside city limits

Brownsville spans about 110 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
27 ft8 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the east side
110 ft35 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets the Laguna Madre
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Brownsville
36 ft11 m
Airport (BRO)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
22 ft7 m
Average of all land23 ft7 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Brownsville, Texas, shaded from sea level level on the Laguna Madre to 110 ft on the east side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Cameron County, Texas, United States
Population
191,967 2024 est.
Land area
122.1 sq mi + 6.4 sq mi water
Density
1,572 per sq mi
Coordinates
25.9017° N, 97.4975° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Gulf of America
Airport
Brownsville/South Padre Island International (BRO) 22 ft
ZIP codes 8
78520 78521 78526 78566 78575 78578 78583 78586
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Encantada-Ranchito-El Calaboz44 ft
  2. San Pedro42 ft
  3. Rancho Viejo36 ft
  4. Olmito32 ft
  5. Brownsville27 ft
  6. Los Fresnos26 ft
  7. Cameron Park24 ft
  8. Reid Hope King21 ft
  9. Villa Pancho19 ft
  10. South Point15 ft
  11. Del Mar Heights12 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Loma Alta, Cameron County40 ft
  • La Atravezada35 ft
  • Loma de las Yeguas28 ft
  • Loma de la Madriguera27 ft
  • Loma de la Montuosa Chica13 ft
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, 0 ft at 26.0432° N, 97.2812° 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: 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 NGS survey heights. All public domain.