Richmond, TX Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Richmond, Texas, shaded from 44 ft near the middle to 120 ft on the west side
Elevation
120 ft 35 m100 ft 30 m91 ft 28 m72 ft 22 m53 ft 16 m44 ft 13 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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Richmond sits at about 93 ft (28 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
93 ft 28 m
most residents: 80–100 ft
Lowest
44 ft 13 m
near the middle
Highest
120 ft 35 m
on the west side
Average
87 ft 27 m
all land inside city limits

Richmond spans about 76 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
93 ft28 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the west side
120 ft35 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, near the middle
44 ft13 m
Town center
USGS map point for Richmond
92 ft28 m
Airport (T54)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.3 mi south of the city limits
94 ft29 m
Average of all land87 ft27 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.8 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Richmond, Texas, shaded from 44 ft near the middle to 120 ft on the west side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States
Population
13,305 2024 est.
Land area
4.8 sq mi + 0.4 sq mi water
Density
2,793 per sq mi
Coordinates
29.5822° N, 95.7608° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Brazos River → Gulf of America
Airport
Lane Airpark (T54) 94 ft
ZIP codes 2
77406 77469
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Cinco Ranch110 ft
  2. Beasley110 ft
  3. Rosenberg97 ft
  4. Richmond93 ft
  5. Mission Bend90 ft
  6. Four Corners90 ft
  7. Cumings87 ft
  8. Pleak84 ft
  9. Pecan Grove83 ft
  10. Fairchilds77 ft
  11. Sugar Land72 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Pool Hill140 ft
  • Huntington Mound110 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.