Starbase, TX Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Starbase, Texas, shaded from sea level level on South Bay to 27 ft on Loma de la Estrella
Elevation
33 ft 10 m25 ft 8 m21 ft 6 m12 ft 4 m4 ft 1 m0 ft 0 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.
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City area
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Elevation Data

Starbase sits at about 4 ft (1 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside city limits (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
4 ft 1 m
few residents
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on South Bay
Highest
27 ft 8 m
on Loma de la Estrella
Average
5 ft 2 m
all land inside city limits

Starbase is nearly flat: its ground varies by only about 27 ft, so the figures below sit close together.

3% of Starbase's land lies below the average daily high tide (MHHW, NOAA), and 38% lies less than 3 ft above it. Check flood zones on FEMA's map

FigureElevation
Typical (all land)
Median of all land; too few residents to weight by
4 ft1 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on Loma de la Estrella
27 ft8 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets South Bay
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Starbase
6 ft2 m
Average of all land5 ft2 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Starbase, Texas, shaded from sea level level on South Bay to 27 ft on Loma de la Estrella
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Cameron County, Texas, United States
Population
14 2020 Census
Land area
1.5 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
9.3 per sq mi
Coordinates
25.9920° N, 97.1822° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Bayview25 ft
  2. Reid Hope King21 ft
  3. Villa Pancho19 ft
  4. Chula Vista, Cameron County16 ft
  5. South Point15 ft
  6. Del Mar Heights12 ft
  7. Laguna Vista11 ft
  8. Laguna Heights9 ft
  9. Port Isabel8 ft
  10. South Padre Island6 ft
  11. Starbase4 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Loma de la Estrella29 ft
  • Loma de los Ebanitos29 ft
  • Loma de las Vacas23 ft
  • Loma Tio Alejos22 ft
  • Mesa del Gavilan12 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the city limits; 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 city limits (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, 0 ft at 25.9954° N, 97.1804° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted; this coastal land's lowest point is sea level on the coast.
  • 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, Gazetteer areas); BTS time zones; NOAA tidal surfaces (MHHW); NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.