Merkel, TX Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Merkel, Texas, shaded from 1,820 ft on the east side to 1,890 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
1,890 ft 575 m1,870 ft 570 m1,860 ft 570 m1,840 ft 560 m1,830 ft 555 m1,820 ft 555 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

Merkel sits at about 1,870 ft (570 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,870 ft 570 m
most residents: 1,860–1,880 ft
Lowest
1,820 ft 555 m
on the east side
Highest
1,890 ft 575 m
on the southwest side
Average
1,860 ft 570 m
all land inside town limits

Merkel 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.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
1,870 ft570 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the southwest side
1,890 ft575 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the east side
1,820 ft555 m
Town center
USGS map point for Merkel
1,870 ft570 m
Average of all land1,860 ft570 m

Elevation profile, west to east

2.4 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Merkel, Texas, shaded from 1,820 ft on the east side to 1,890 ft on the southwest side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Town in Taylor County, Texas, United States
Population
2,494 2024 est.
Land area
2.8 sq mi
Density
891 per sq mi
Coordinates
32.4707° N, 100.0129° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Clear Fork Brazos River → Brazos River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
79536
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Sweetwater2,140 ft
  2. Tuscola1,980 ft
  3. Trent1,910 ft
  4. Buffalo Gap1,900 ft
  5. Merkel1,870 ft
  6. Sylvester1,850 ft
  7. Tye1,800 ft
  8. Abilene1,740 ft
  9. Anson1,720 ft
  10. Impact1,670 ft
  11. Hawley1,640 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • East Peak2,400 ft
  • Buzzard Mountain, Taylor County2,390 ft
  • Castle Peak, Taylor County2,330 ft
  • Blowout Mountain2,250 ft
  • Spears Mountain2,210 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.