Blount County, AL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Blount County, Alabama, shaded from 270 ft on the southwest side to 1,540 ft on the east side
Elevation
1,540 ft 470 m1,220 ft 375 m1,070 ft 325 m750 ft 230 m430 ft 130 m270 ft 80 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

Blount County averages about 790 ft (240 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 270 ft on the southwest side to 1,540 ft on the east side.

Average elevation
790 ft 240 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,540 ft 470 m
on the east side
Lowest
270 ft 80 m
on the southwest side

Blount County spans about 1,270 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 land790 ft240 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the east side
1,540 ft470 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
270 ft80 m

Elevation profile, west to east

28 mi west to east through Oneonta.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Blount County, Alabama, shaded from 270 ft on the southwest side to 1,540 ft on the east side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
County in Alabama, United States
Population
60,163 2024 est.
Land area
644.9 sq mi + 5.7 sq mi water
Density
93 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus 98%
Drains to
Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Marshall County920 ft
  2. Blount County790 ft
  3. Etowah County760 ft
  4. Cullman County760 ft
  5. St. Clair County690 ft
  6. Jefferson County580 ft
  7. Walker County470 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Wornock Mountain1,429 ft
  • McPherson Mountain1,330 ft
  • Raccoon Mountain1,270 ft
  • Hog Mountain, Blount County1,240 ft
  • McAnnally Mountain1,180 ft
All 15 towns in Blount County by typical elevation
  1. Highland Lake950 ft
  2. Altoona partly950 ft
  3. Remlap920 ft
  4. Oneonta880 ft
  5. Allgood830 ft
  6. Snead790 ft
  7. Susan Moore790 ft
  8. Blountsville780 ft
  9. Rosa730 ft
  10. Smoke Rise670 ft
  11. Locust Fork590 ft
  12. Hayden590 ft
  13. Cleveland580 ft
  14. County Line540 ft
  15. Nectar520 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.
  • 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.