Santa Monica, TX Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Santa Monica, Texas, shaded from 15 ft near the middle to 24 ft near the middle
Elevation
48 ft 15 m39 ft 12 m35 ft 11 m27 ft 8 m19 ft 6 m15 ft 5 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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

Santa Monica sits at about 18 ft (5 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
18 ft 5 m
few residents
Lowest
15 ft 5 m
near the middle
Highest
24 ft 7 m
near the middle
Average
18 ft 6 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Santa Monica is nearly flat: its ground varies by only about 9 ft, so the figures below sit close together.

FigureElevation
Typical (all land)
Median of all land; too few residents to weight by
18 ft5 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, near the middle
24 ft7 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, near the middle
15 ft5 m
Town center
USGS map point for Santa Monica
18 ft5 m
Airport (HRL)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 9.1 mi southwest of the CDP boundary
36 ft11 m
Average of all land18 ft6 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Santa Monica, Texas, shaded from 15 ft near the middle to 24 ft near the middle
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Willacy County, Texas, United States
Population
86 2020 Census
Land area
1.0 sq mi
Density
87 per sq mi
Coordinates
26.3623° N, 97.5858° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Gulf of America
Airport
Valley International (HRL) 36 ft
ZIP codes 1
78569
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Sebastian39 ft
  2. Combes38 ft
  3. Lasana33 ft
  4. Villa del Sol31 ft
  5. Arroyo Colorado Estates28 ft
  6. Rio Hondo27 ft
  7. Lozano27 ft
  8. San Perlita21 ft
  9. La Tina Ranch20 ft
  10. Arroyo Gardens18 ft
  11. Santa Monica18 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Goose Hill29 ft
  • Green Hill, Willacy County10 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary; too few residents live here to weight by people.
  • 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).
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 14 ft at 26.3612° N, 97.5882° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.
  • Santa Monica 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.