Laredo, TX Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Laredo, Texas, shaded from 330 ft on the south side to 730 ft on the north side
Elevation
730 ft 220 m630 ft 190 m580 ft 175 m480 ft 145 m380 ft 115 m330 ft 100 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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City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Laredo sits at about 460 ft (140 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
460 ft 140 m
most residents: 410–530 ft
Lowest
330 ft 100 m
on the south side
Highest
730 ft 220 m
on the north side
Average
500 ft 150 m
all land inside city limits

Laredo spans about 400 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
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
460 ft140 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the north side
730 ft220 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the south side
330 ft100 m
Town center
USGS map point for Laredo
410 ft125 m
Airport (LRD)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
508 ft155 m
Average of all land500 ft150 m

Elevation profile, south to north

12 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Laredo, Texas, shaded from 330 ft on the south side to 730 ft on the north side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
City in Webb County, Texas, United States
Population
261,260 2024 est.
Land area
109.1 sq mi + 1.5 sq mi water
Density
2,395 per sq mi
Coordinates
27.5064° N, 99.5075° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Rio Grande → Gulf of America
Airport
Laredo International (LRD) 508 ft
ZIP codes 5
78040 78041 78043 78045 78046
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Laredo Ranchettes570 ft
  2. Tanquecitos South Acres550 ft
  3. Ranchitos East550 ft
  4. San Carlos II550 ft
  5. Laredo Ranchettes West540 ft
  6. Los Altos540 ft
  7. Tanquecitos South Acres II540 ft
  8. San Carlos I540 ft
  9. La Presa500 ft
  10. Los Corralitos490 ft
  11. Laredo460 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Loma Blanca, Webb County750 ft
  • Cerritos Blancos590 ft
  • Loma de las Potrancas580 ft
  • El Pico520 ft
  • Mendez Hills480 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city 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 city limits (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.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.