Corpus Christi, TX Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Corpus Christi, Texas, shaded from sea level level on the Laguna Madre to 100 ft on the west side
Elevation
100 ft 30 m77 ft 23 m64 ft 19 m38 ft 12 m13 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
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City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Corpus Christi sits at about 26 ft (8 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
26 ft 8 m
most residents: 14–44 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on the Laguna Madre
Highest
100 ft 30 m
on the west side
Average
27 ft 8 m
all land inside city limits

Corpus Christi spans about 100 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.

2% of Corpus Christi's land lies below the average daily high tide (MHHW, NOAA), and 8% 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
26 ft8 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the west side
100 ft30 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets the Laguna Madre
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Corpus Christi
9 ft3 m
Airport (CRP)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
46 ft14 m
Average of all land27 ft8 m

Elevation profile, west to east

26 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Corpus Christi, Texas, shaded from sea level level on the Laguna Madre to 100 ft on the west side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Nueces and San Patricio counties, Texas, United States
Population
317,317 2024 est.
Land area
167.7 sq mi + 324.3 sq mi water
Density
1,892 per sq mi
Coordinates
27.8006° N, 97.3964° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Gulf of America
Airport
Corpus Christi International (CRP) 46 ft
ZIP codes 20
78373 78380 78401 78402 78404 78405 78406 78407 78408 78409 78410 78411 78412 78413 78414 78415 78416 78417 78418 78419
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Odem74 ft
  2. Loma Linda55 ft
  3. Taft Southwest54 ft
  4. Tierra Grande54 ft
  5. Taft48 ft
  6. Portland34 ft
  7. Gregory29 ft
  8. Corpus Christi26 ft
  9. Tradewinds18 ft
  10. Ingleside on the Bay16 ft
  11. Ingleside15 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Big Hill (Historical)24 ft
  • Fourmile Hill, Nueces County23 ft
  • Dagger Hill15 ft
  • Little Dagger Hill14 ft
  • Green Hill, Kleberg County11 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, −1 ft at 27.7179° N, 97.1532° 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 tidal surfaces (MHHW). All public domain.