Alabaster, AL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Alabaster, Alabama, shaded from 410 ft on the south side to 850 ft on the east side
Elevation
850 ft 260 m740 ft 225 m680 ft 210 m570 ft 175 m460 ft 140 m410 ft 125 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Alabaster sits at about 530 ft (160 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
530 ft 160 m
most residents: 460–640 ft
Lowest
410 ft 125 m
on the south side
Highest
850 ft 260 m
on the east side
Average
550 ft 165 m
all land inside city limits

Alabaster spans about 440 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
530 ft160 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the east side
850 ft260 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the south side
410 ft125 m
Town center
USGS map point for Alabaster
490 ft150 m
Airport (EET)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 0.0 mi southeast of the city limits
586 ft179 m
Average of all land550 ft165 m

Elevation profile, west to east

5.1 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Alabaster, Alabama, shaded from 410 ft on the south side to 850 ft on the east side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
City in Shelby County, Alabama, United States
Population
34,460 2024 est.
Land area
26.3 sq mi + 0.3 sq mi water
Density
1,310 per sq mi
Coordinates
33.2443° N, 86.8164° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Valley and Ridge
Drains to
Cahaba River → Alabama River → Mobile River → Gulf of America
Airport
Shelby County (EET) 586 ft
ZIP codes 2
35007 35114
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Pea Ridge700 ft
  2. Hoover610 ft
  3. Chelsea560 ft
  4. Calera560 ft
  5. Indian Springs Village550 ft
  6. Alabaster530 ft
  7. Pelham520 ft
  8. Brantleyville490 ft
  9. Helena480 ft
  10. Montevallo460 ft
  11. Wilton430 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Cheaha Mountain2,413 ft
  • Johnson Mountain1,170 ft
  • Muscoda Mountain800 ft
  • Potato Hill, Jefferson County790 ft
  • Bee Mountain, Jefferson County780 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).
  • 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, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.