Carter, TX Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Carter, Texas, shaded from 980 ft on the north side to 1,260 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
1,260 ft 385 m1,190 ft 360 m1,150 ft 350 m1,080 ft 330 m1,010 ft 310 m980 ft 300 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
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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Carter sits at about 1,060 ft (325 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,060 ft 325 m
most residents: 1,040–1,160 ft
Lowest
980 ft 300 m
on the north side
Highest
1,260 ft 385 m
on the southeast side
Average
1,110 ft 340 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Carter spans about 280 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
1,060 ft325 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side
1,260 ft385 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the north side
980 ft300 m
Town center
USGS map point for Carter
1,080 ft330 m
Average of all land1,110 ft340 m

Elevation profile, west to east

2.2 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Carter, Texas, shaded from 980 ft on the north side to 1,260 ft on the southeast side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Parker County, Texas, United States
Population
1,637 2020 Census
Land area
6.4 sq mi
Density
255 per sq mi
Coordinates
32.9068° N, 97.7414° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
West Fork Trinity River → Trinity River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 2
76082 76085
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Peaster1,180 ft
  2. Carter1,060 ft
  3. Weatherford1,040 ft
  4. Hudson Oaks1,000 ft
  5. Willow Park930 ft
  6. Springtown860 ft
  7. Sanctuary760 ft
  8. Reno760 ft
  9. Briar740 ft
  10. Azle720 ft
  11. Pelican Bay680 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Indian Knob1,280 ft
  • Tater Hill, Parker County1,240 ft
  • Skeen Peak1,230 ft
  • Buck Knob1,150 ft
  • Burton Knob920 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP 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 CDP 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: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). NGS plans to replace NAVD 88 with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
  • Carter is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones. All public domain.