Surfside Beach, TX Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Surfside Beach, Texas, shaded from sea level level on the Gulf of America to 14 ft on the west side
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.
3D
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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City area
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Elevation Data

Surfside Beach sits at about 4 ft (1 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
4 ft 1 m
most residents: 2–6 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on the Gulf of America
Highest
14 ft 4 m
on the west side
Average
4 ft 1 m
all land inside city limits

Surfside Beach is nearly flat: its ground varies by only about 14 ft, so the figures below sit close together.

5% of Surfside Beach's land lies below the average daily high tide (MHHW, NOAA), and 52% lies less than 3 ft above it. Check flood zones on FEMA's map

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
4 ft1 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the west side
14 ft4 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets the Gulf of America
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Surfside Beach
−2 ft−1 m
Average of all land4 ft1 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Surfside Beach, Texas, shaded from sea level level on the Gulf of America to 14 ft on the west side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Brazoria County, Texas, United States
Population
704 2024 est.
Land area
1.6 sq mi + 0.3 sq mi water
Density
443 per sq mi
Coordinates
28.9444° N, 95.2888° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Drains to
Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
77541
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Angleton27 ft
  2. Bailey's Prairie26 ft
  3. Brazoria25 ft
  4. Jones Creek14 ft
  5. Lake Jackson13 ft
  6. Richwood13 ft
  7. Clute12 ft
  8. Oyster Creek5 ft
  9. Quintana5 ft
  10. Surfside Beach4 ft
  11. Freeport2 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Hoskins Mound33 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).
  • 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, −2 ft at 28.9865° N, 95.2599° 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 and Watershed Boundary Dataset; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones; NOAA tidal surfaces (MHHW). All public domain.