Richards, TX Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Richards, Texas, shaded from 270 ft on the southeast side to 360 ft on the west side
Elevation
360 ft 110 m340 ft 105 m330 ft 100 m300 ft 95 m280 ft 85 m270 ft 80 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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Richards sits at about 310 ft (95 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
310 ft 95 m
most residents: 280–320 ft
Lowest
270 ft 80 m
on the southeast side
Highest
360 ft 110 m
on the west side
Average
310 ft 95 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Richards 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
310 ft95 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side
360 ft110 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side
270 ft80 m
Town center
USGS map point for Richards
300 ft90 m
Average of all land310 ft95 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.2 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Richards, Texas, shaded from 270 ft on the southeast side to 360 ft on the west side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Grimes County, Texas, United States
Population
184 2020 Census
Land area
1.8 sq mi
Density
101 per sq mi
Coordinates
30.5377° N, 95.8394° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Lake Creek → West Fork San Jacinto River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
77873
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Shiro360 ft
  2. New Waverly350 ft
  3. Pinebrook340 ft
  4. Iola340 ft
  5. Plantersville320 ft
  6. Anderson320 ft
  7. Bedias320 ft
  8. Richards310 ft
  9. Montgomery280 ft
  10. Todd Mission280 ft
  11. Navasota230 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Blue Bonnet Hill397 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (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.
  • Richards is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.