Laguna Vista, TX Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Laguna Vista, Texas, shaded from sea level level on the Laguna Madre to 34 ft on La Atravezada
Elevation
34 ft 10 m26 ft 8 m21 ft 7 m13 ft 4 m4 ft 1 m0 ft 0 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.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Laguna Vista sits at about 11 ft (4 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
11 ft 4 m
most residents: 8–13 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on the Laguna Madre
Highest
34 ft 10 m
on La Atravezada
Average
10 ft 3 m
all land inside town limits

Laguna Vista spans about 34 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.

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

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
11 ft4 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on La Atravezada
34 ft10 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets the Laguna Madre
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Laguna Vista
12 ft4 m
Airport (PIL)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.9 mi northwest of the town limits
19 ft6 m
Average of all land10 ft3 m

Elevation profile, south to north

3.2 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Laguna Vista, Texas, shaded from sea level level on the Laguna Madre to 34 ft on La Atravezada
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Town in Cameron County, Texas, United States
Population
3,791 2024 est.
Land area
4.8 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
785 per sq mi
Coordinates
26.1009° N, 97.2903° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Drains to
Gulf of America
Airport
Cameron County (PIL) 19 ft
ZIP codes 1
78578
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Los Fresnos26 ft
  2. Bayview25 ft
  3. Laureles22 ft
  4. Orason17 ft
  5. Chula Vista, Cameron County16 ft
  6. Del Mar Heights12 ft
  7. Laguna Vista11 ft
  8. Laguna Heights9 ft
  9. Port Isabel8 ft
  10. South Padre Island6 ft
  11. Starbase4 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • La Atravezada35 ft
  • Loma la Cuchilla31 ft
  • Loma de la Grulla31 ft
  • Moranco Blanco24 ft
  • Loma la Jauja21 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town limits, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census town limits (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • 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, −1 ft at 26.0846° N, 97.2643° 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: 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.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS and Watershed Boundary Dataset; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA tidal surfaces (MHHW). All public domain.