Ponder, TX Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Ponder, Texas, shaded from 690 ft on the south side to 780 ft on the west side
Elevation
780 ft 240 m760 ft 230 m750 ft 230 m720 ft 220 m700 ft 215 m690 ft 210 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
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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

Ponder sits at about 730 ft (220 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
730 ft 220 m
most residents: 720–750 ft
Lowest
690 ft 210 m
on the south side
Highest
780 ft 240 m
on the west side
Average
740 ft 225 m
all land inside town limits

Ponder spans about 90 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
730 ft220 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the west side
780 ft240 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the south side
690 ft210 m
Town center
USGS map point for Ponder
730 ft225 m
Airport (DTO)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.2 mi east of the town limits
643 ft196 m
Average of all land740 ft225 m

Elevation profile, west to east

2.5 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Ponder, Texas, shaded from 690 ft on the south side to 780 ft on the west side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Town in Denton County, Texas, United States
Population
2,875 2024 est.
Land area
3.2 sq mi
Density
902 per sq mi
Coordinates
33.1829° N, 97.2872° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Elm Fork Trinity River → Trinity River → Gulf of America
Airport
Denton Enterprise (DTO) 643 ft
ZIP codes 1
76259
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. New Fairview910 ft
  2. Ponder730 ft
  3. Corral City720 ft
  4. Krum710 ft
  5. DISH690 ft
  6. Bartonville690 ft
  7. Argyle690 ft
  8. Justin670 ft
  9. Northlake650 ft
  10. Denton640 ft
  11. Lantana620 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Pilot Knob, Denton County840 ft
  • Blue Mound, Denton County810 ft
  • Long Point, Denton County790 ft
  • Crawford Hill760 ft
  • Bald Knob, Denton County680 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.