Kaufman County, TX Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Kaufman County, Texas, shaded from 290 ft on the southwest side to 610 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
610 ft 185 m530 ft 160 m490 ft 150 m410 ft 125 m330 ft 100 m290 ft 90 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

Kaufman County averages about 430 ft (130 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 290 ft on the southwest side to 610 ft on the northeast side.

Average elevation
430 ft 130 m
all land inside the county
Highest
610 ft 185 m
on the northeast side
Lowest
290 ft 90 m
on the southwest side

Kaufman County spans about 320 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 land430 ft130 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
610 ft185 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
290 ft90 m

Elevation profile, west to east

26 mi west to east through Forney.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Kaufman County, Texas, shaded from 290 ft on the southwest side to 610 ft on the northeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Texas, United States
Population
197,829 2024 est.
Land area
780.7 sq mi + 26.8 sq mi water
Density
253 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. Hunt County550 ft
  2. Ellis County540 ft
  3. Rockwall County530 ft
  4. Dallas County520 ft
  5. Van Zandt County470 ft
  6. Kaufman County430 ft
  7. Henderson County410 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • Counties in Texas171st highest of 254
  • Counties in the United States2,419th highest of 3,151

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Breezy Hill540 ft
  • Sand Hill, Kaufman County380 ft
All 23 towns in Kaufman County by typical elevation
  1. Dallas partly540 ft
  2. Elmo510 ft
  3. Terrell510 ft
  4. Mesquite partly500 ft
  5. Heath partly500 ft
  6. Forney470 ft
  7. Travis Ranch460 ft
  8. Talty460 ft
  9. Heartland460 ft
  10. Oak Ridge450 ft
  11. Post Oak Bend440 ft
  12. Kaufman440 ft
  13. Grays Prairie430 ft
  14. Scurry430 ft
  15. Seagoville partly430 ft
  16. Crandall420 ft
  17. Oak Grove420 ft
  18. Cottonwood410 ft
  19. Mabank400 ft
  20. Combine380 ft
  21. Kemp370 ft
  22. Seven Points partly360 ft
  23. Rosser360 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, 270 ft at 32.5493° N, 96.1249° 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.