Stafford County, VA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Stafford County, Virginia, shaded from 0 ft on the southeast side to 460 ft on the north side
Elevation
460 ft 140 m340 ft 105 m290 ft 90 m170 ft 55 m57 ft 18 m0 ft 0 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Stafford County averages about 210 ft (65 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 0 ft on the southeast side to 460 ft on the north side.

Average elevation
210 ft 65 m
all land inside the county
Highest
460 ft 140 m
on the north side
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
on the southeast side

Stafford County spans about 460 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land210 ft65 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the north side
460 ft140 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
0 ft0 m

Elevation profile, west to east

17 mi west to east through Aquia Harbour.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Stafford County, Virginia, shaded from 0 ft on the southeast side to 460 ft on the north side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Virginia, United States
Population
168,919 2024 est.
Land area
268.5 sq mi + 11.6 sq mi water
Density
629 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont 95%
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Fauquier County530 ft
  2. Culpeper County390 ft
  3. Spotsylvania County290 ft
  4. Prince William County270 ft
  5. Stafford County210 ft
  6. Caroline County170 ft
  7. Fredericksburg city150 ft
  8. Charles County, MD110 ft
  9. King George County88 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 19 towns in Stafford County by typical elevation
  1. Lake Arrowhead300 ft
  2. Vista Woods300 ft
  3. Stafford Lakes Village290 ft
  4. England Run280 ft
  5. Camp Barrett280 ft
  6. Park Ridge270 ft
  7. Embrey Mill230 ft
  8. Falls Run220 ft
  9. Colonial Forge210 ft
  10. Leeland Station190 ft
  11. Grafton Village180 ft
  12. Courthouse Square180 ft
  13. Austin Ridge170 ft
  14. Falmouth160 ft
  15. Hampton Oaks160 ft
  16. Ferry Farm130 ft
  17. Aquia Harbour110 ft
  18. Quantico Base partly100 ft
  19. Chatham Heights91 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • 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, −9 ft at 38.4846° N, 77.4482° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.