Thunderbird Bay, TX Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Thunderbird Bay, Texas, shaded from 1,420 ft on the northwest side to 1,550 ft on the north side
Elevation
1,550 ft 475 m1,520 ft 465 m1,500 ft 460 m1,470 ft 450 m1,440 ft 440 m1,420 ft 435 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.
Click or tap anywhere
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

Thunderbird Bay sits at about 1,460 ft (445 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,460 ft 445 m
most residents: 1,440–1,490 ft
Lowest
1,420 ft 435 m
on the northwest side
Highest
1,550 ft 475 m
on the north side
Average
1,470 ft 450 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Thunderbird Bay spans about 130 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
1,460 ft445 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the north side
1,550 ft475 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side
1,420 ft435 m
Airport (BWD)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 7.5 mi southeast of the CDP boundary
1,387 ft423 m
Average of all land1,470 ft450 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.3 mi west to east through the middle of Thunderbird Bay.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Thunderbird Bay, Texas, shaded from 1,420 ft on the northwest side to 1,550 ft on the north side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Brown County, Texas, United States
Population
764 2020 Census
Land area
2.5 sq mi + 0.4 sq mi water
Density
301 per sq mi
Coordinates
31.9063° N, 99.0204° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Great Plains
Drains to
Pecan Bayou → Colorado River → Gulf of America
Airport
Brownwood Regional (BWD) 1,387 ft
ZIP codes 1
76857
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Cross Plains1,740 ft
  2. Santa Anna1,740 ft
  3. Rising Star1,640 ft
  4. May1,640 ft
  5. Blanket1,620 ft
  6. Bangs1,610 ft
  7. Zephyr1,510 ft
  8. Lake Brownwood1,480 ft
  9. Thunderbird Bay1,460 ft
  10. Early1,410 ft
  11. Brownwood1,360 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Hog Mountains1,970 ft
  • Salt Mountain1,880 ft
  • Barefoot Mountains1,700 ft
  • Indian Mountain, Brown County1,609 ft
  • Mayberry Mountain1,580 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (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.
  • Thunderbird Bay 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.