Jefferson County, TX Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Jefferson County, Texas, shaded from sea level on the Gulf of America to 96 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
96 ft 29 m72 ft 22 m60 ft 18 m36 ft 11 m12 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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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Jefferson County averages about 14 ft (4 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from sea level on the Gulf of America to 96 ft on the northeast side.

Average elevation
14 ft 4 m
all land inside the county
Highest
96 ft 29 m
on the northeast side
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on the Gulf of America

Jefferson County spans about 96 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.

Under 1% of Jefferson County's land lies below the average daily high tide (MHHW, NOAA), and 10% lies less than 3 ft above it. Check flood zones on FEMA's map

FigureElevation
Average of all land14 ft4 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
96 ft29 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets the Gulf of America
0 ft0 m

Elevation profile, west to east

21 mi west to east through Beaumont.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Jefferson County, Texas, shaded from sea level on the Gulf of America to 96 ft on the northeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
County in Texas, United States
Population
253,948 2024 est.
Land area
876.7 sq mi + 236.0 sq mi water
Density
290 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Coastal Plain 99%
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. Liberty County72 ft
  2. Hardin County71 ft
  3. Chambers County15 ft
  4. Jefferson County14 ft
  5. Orange County14 ft
  6. Cameron Parish, LA1 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • Counties in Texas251st highest of 254
  • Counties in the United States3,105th highest of 3,151

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Big Hill, Jefferson County36 ft
  • Spindletop Hill21 ft
All 13 towns in Jefferson County by typical elevation
  1. Nome43 ft
  2. China37 ft
  3. Bevil Oaks26 ft
  4. Beaumont23 ft
  5. Fannett19 ft
  6. Central Gardens15 ft
  7. Hamshire15 ft
  8. Port Neches15 ft
  9. Nederland14 ft
  10. Beauxart Gardens12 ft
  11. Groves9 ft
  12. Taylor Landing8 ft
  13. Port Arthur5 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, −13 ft at 29.8529° N, 94.1410° 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: 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; NOAA tidal surfaces (MHHW). All public domain.