Driftwood, TX Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Driftwood, Texas, shaded from 980 ft on the north side to 1,150 ft on the west side
Elevation
1,150 ft 350 m1,110 ft 340 m1,090 ft 330 m1,050 ft 320 m1,010 ft 305 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

Driftwood sits at about 1,060 ft (325 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
1,060 ft 325 m
few residents
Lowest
980 ft 300 m
on the north side
Highest
1,150 ft 350 m
on the west side
Average
1,060 ft 325 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Driftwood spans about 170 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 (all land)
Median of all land; too few residents to weight by
1,060 ft325 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side
1,150 ft350 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the north side
980 ft300 m
Town center
USGS map point for Driftwood
1,040 ft315 m
Average of all land1,060 ft325 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.6 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Driftwood, Texas, shaded from 980 ft on the north side to 1,150 ft on the west side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Hays County, Texas, United States
Population
106 2020 Census
Land area
1.3 sq mi
Density
82 per sq mi
Coordinates
30.1230° N, 98.0308° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Great Plains
Drains to
Onion Creek → Colorado River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
78619
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Dripping Springs1,190 ft
  2. Belterra1,100 ft
  3. Driftwood1,060 ft
  4. Woodcreek1,010 ft
  5. Bear Creek960 ft
  6. Wimberley910 ft
  7. Mountain City840 ft
  8. Shady Hollow750 ft
  9. Hays740 ft
  10. Buda740 ft
  11. Manchaca680 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Lone Man Mountain1,417 ft
  • Gainor Mountain1,410 ft
  • Lone Woman Mountain1,400 ft
  • Signal Hill, Hays County1,166 ft
  • Friday Mountain1,090 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary; too few residents live here to weight by people.
  • 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.
  • Driftwood 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.