Denton County, TX Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Denton County, Texas, shaded from 440 ft on the southeast side to 980 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
980 ft 300 m850 ft 260 m780 ft 235 m640 ft 195 m510 ft 155 m440 ft 135 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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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Denton County averages about 650 ft (200 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 440 ft on the southeast side to 980 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
650 ft 200 m
all land inside the county
Highest
980 ft 300 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
440 ft 135 m
on the southeast side

Denton County spans about 540 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land650 ft200 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
980 ft300 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
440 ft135 m

Elevation profile, west to east

32 mi west to east through Denton.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Denton County, Texas, shaded from 440 ft on the southeast side to 980 ft on the northwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Texas, United States
Population
1,045,120 2024 est.
Land area
878.1 sq mi + 73.6 sq mi water
Density
1,190 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform regions
Central Lowland 59%, Coastal Plain 41%
Drains to
Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Wise County890 ft
  2. Cooke County840 ft
  3. Grayson County720 ft
  4. Tarrant County660 ft
  5. Denton County650 ft
  6. Collin County630 ft
  7. Dallas County520 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • Counties in Texas145th highest of 254
  • Counties in the United States2,128th highest of 3,151

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Pilot Knob, Denton County840 ft
  • Blue Mound, Denton County810 ft
  • Long Point, Denton County790 ft
  • Crawford Hill760 ft
  • Bald Knob, Denton County680 ft
All 47 towns in Denton County by typical elevation
  1. New Fairview partly910 ft
  2. Ponder730 ft
  3. Corral City720 ft
  4. Krum710 ft
  5. Celina partly710 ft
  6. Prosper partly700 ft
  7. Pilot Point700 ft
  8. Westlake partly700 ft
  9. Frisco partly690 ft
  10. DISH690 ft
  11. Bartonville690 ft
  12. Plano partly690 ft
  13. Argyle690 ft
  14. Fort Worth partly680 ft
  15. Sanger680 ft
  16. Aubrey680 ft
  17. Krugerville670 ft
  18. Justin670 ft
  19. Northlake650 ft
  20. Double Oak650 ft
  21. Denton640 ft
  22. Southlake partly630 ft
  23. Roanoke630 ft
  24. Hebron620 ft
  25. Lantana620 ft
  26. Copper Canyon610 ft
  27. Cross Roads610 ft
  28. Flower Mound600 ft
  29. Trophy Club600 ft
  30. Corinth600 ft
  31. The Colony580 ft
  32. Providence Village580 ft
  33. Oak Point580 ft
  34. Savannah580 ft
  35. Highland Village580 ft
  36. Paloma Creek570 ft
  37. Lake Dallas560 ft
  38. Little Elm560 ft
  39. Paloma Creek South560 ft
  40. Hickory Creek560 ft
  41. Lakewood Village550 ft
  42. Shady Shores550 ft
  43. Dallas partly540 ft
  44. Lewisville530 ft
  45. Hackberry530 ft
  46. Carrollton520 ft
  47. Coppell partly470 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • 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, 420 ft at 33.0351° N, 96.9535° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.