Ross, TX Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Ross, Texas, shaded from 530 ft on the northeast side to 590 ft on the north side
Elevation
590 ft 180 m570 ft 175 m570 ft 175 m550 ft 170 m540 ft 165 m530 ft 165 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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Ross sits at about 570 ft (175 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
570 ft 175 m
most residents: 560–580 ft
Lowest
530 ft 165 m
on the northeast side
Highest
590 ft 180 m
on the north side
Average
570 ft 175 m
all land inside city limits

Ross spans about 60 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
570 ft175 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the north side
590 ft180 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the northeast side
530 ft165 m
Town center
USGS map point for Ross
570 ft175 m
Airport (ACT)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 9.0 mi southwest of the city limits
516 ft157 m
Average of all land570 ft175 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Ross, Texas, shaded from 530 ft on the northeast side to 590 ft on the north side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in McLennan County, Texas, United States
Population
199 2024 est.
Land area
1.5 sq mi
Density
129 per sq mi
Coordinates
31.7185° N, 97.1192° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Brazos River → Gulf of America
Airport
Waco Regional (ACT) 516 ft
ZIP codes 2
76640 76691
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Abbott710 ft
  2. West640 ft
  3. Ross570 ft
  4. China Spring570 ft
  5. Aquilla520 ft
  6. Beverly Hills520 ft
  7. Waco510 ft
  8. Leroy500 ft
  9. Lacy-Lakeview480 ft
  10. Gholson440 ft
  11. Bellmead440 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

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.