Fort Bend County, TX Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Fort Bend County, Texas, shaded from 8 ft on the southeast side to 200 ft on the south side
Elevation
200 ft 60 m150 ft 45 m130 ft 40 m82 ft 25 m33 ft 10 m9 ft 3 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.
County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Fort Bend County averages about 86 ft (26 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 8 ft on the southeast side to 200 ft on the south side.

Average elevation
86 ft 26 m
all land inside the county
Highest
200 ft 60 m
on the south side
Lowest
8 ft 3 m
on the southeast side

Fort Bend County spans about 192 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 land86 ft26 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the south side
200 ft60 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
8 ft3 m

Elevation profile, west to east

31 mi west to east through Sugar Land.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Fort Bend County, Texas, shaded from 8 ft on the southeast side to 200 ft on the south side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Texas, United States
Population
958,434 2024 est.
Land area
862.1 sq mi + 23.4 sq mi water
Density
1,112 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Coastal Plain
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. Austin County230 ft
  2. Waller County200 ft
  3. Wharton County100 ft
  4. Fort Bend County86 ft
  5. Harris County85 ft
  6. Brazoria County28 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • Counties in Texas235th highest of 254
  • Counties in the United States2,950th highest of 3,151

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Pool Hill140 ft
  • Huntington Mound110 ft
  • Nash Dome58 ft
All 28 towns in Fort Bend County by typical elevation
  1. Katy partly140 ft
  2. Fulshear140 ft
  3. Orchard120 ft
  4. Simonton110 ft
  5. Cinco Ranch110 ft
  6. Weston Lakes110 ft
  7. Beasley110 ft
  8. Kendleton98 ft
  9. Rosenberg97 ft
  10. Richmond93 ft
  11. Mission Bend90 ft
  12. Four Corners90 ft
  13. Needville90 ft
  14. Cumings87 ft
  15. Pleak84 ft
  16. Pecan Grove83 ft
  17. Meadows Place81 ft
  18. Stafford77 ft
  19. Fairchilds77 ft
  20. Fifth Street76 ft
  21. Sugar Land72 ft
  22. Fresno69 ft
  23. Missouri City69 ft
  24. Thompsons62 ft
  25. Arcola61 ft
  26. Houston partly61 ft
  27. Sienna57 ft
  28. Pearland partly50 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.
  • 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.