Melvin, TX Elevation & Topographic Map

Elevation

1,880 ft 575 m1,860 ft 570 m1,850 ft 565 m1,840 ft 560 m1,820 ft 555 m1,810 ft 550 m

Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 ft

USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau

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How to use this mapviews, tools and data

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.
Click or tap anywhere: 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

Melvin sits at about 1,850 ft (565 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation

1,850 ft 565 m

most residents: 1,830–1,870 ft

Lowest

1,810 ft 550 m

on the northeast side

Highest

1,880 ft 575 m

on the west side

Average

1,850 ft 565 m

all land inside town limits

Melvin spans about 70 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.

Figure	Elevation
Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower	1,850 ft565 m
Highest point Inside town limits, on the west side	1,880 ft575 m
Lowest point Inside town limits, on the northeast side	1,810 ft550 m
Town center USGS map point for Melvin	1,860 ft565 m
Average of all land	1,850 ft565 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.5 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Location: Town in McCulloch County, Texas, United States
Population: 121 2024 est.
Land area: 0.5 sq mi
Density: 261 per sq mi
Coordinates: 31.1952° N, 99.5798° W
Time zone: Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region: Great Plains
Drains to: Brady Creek → San Saba River → Colorado River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1: 76858

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

Eden2,050 ft
Menard1,910 ft
Melvin1,850 ft
Valera1,820 ft
Rochelle1,770 ft
Rowena1,760 ft
Santa Anna1,740 ft
Brady1,720 ft
Paint Rock1,630 ft
Mason1,560 ft
Richland Springs1,390 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Towns in Texas247th highest of 1,861
Towns in McCulloch Countyhighest of 3

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

Hyman Hill2,120 ft
Rattlesnake Point2,030 ft
Table Top Mountain, McCulloch County1,950 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).
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); BTS time zones. All public domain.