Van Vleck, TX Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Van Vleck, Texas, shaded from 22 ft on the northeast side to 50 ft near the middle
Elevation
54 ft 17 m46 ft 14 m42 ft 13 m34 ft 10 m26 ft 8 m22 ft 7 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
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

Van Vleck sits at about 43 ft (13 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
43 ft 13 m
most residents: 40–44 ft
Lowest
22 ft 7 m
on the northeast side
Highest
50 ft 15 m
near the middle
Average
42 ft 13 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Van Vleck is nearly flat: its ground varies by only about 28 ft, so the figures below sit close together.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
43 ft13 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, near the middle
50 ft15 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast side
22 ft7 m
Town center
USGS map point for Van Vleck
44 ft13 m
Airport (BYY)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.3 mi southeast of the CDP boundary
45 ft14 m
Average of all land42 ft13 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Van Vleck, Texas, shaded from 22 ft on the northeast side to 50 ft near the middle
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Matagorda County, Texas, United States
Population
1,923 2020 Census
Land area
7.3 sq mi
Density
264 per sq mi
Coordinates
29.0178° N, 95.8894° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Gulf of America
Airport
Bay City Regional (BYY) 45 ft
ZIP codes 1
77482
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Iago79 ft
  2. Boling78 ft
  3. Markham52 ft
  4. Bay City48 ft
  5. Van Vleck43 ft
  6. West Columbia32 ft
  7. Wadsworth30 ft
  8. Sweeny29 ft
  9. East Columbia27 ft
  10. Wild Peach Village23 ft
  11. Sargent4 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

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.
  • Van Vleck 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.