Brilliant, AL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Brilliant, Alabama, shaded from 490 ft on the southwest side to 860 ft on the north side
Elevation
860 ft 260 m760 ft 235 m720 ft 220 m630 ft 190 m530 ft 165 m490 ft 150 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
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Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Brilliant sits at about 610 ft (185 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
610 ft 185 m
most residents: 560–650 ft
Lowest
490 ft 150 m
on the southwest side
Highest
860 ft 260 m
on the north side
Average
610 ft 185 m
all land inside town limits

Brilliant spans about 370 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
610 ft185 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the north side
860 ft260 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the southwest side
490 ft150 m
Town center
USGS map point for Brilliant
620 ft190 m
Average of all land610 ft185 m

Elevation profile, west to east

3.0 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Brilliant, Alabama, shaded from 490 ft on the southwest side to 860 ft on the north side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Town in Marion County, Alabama, United States
Population
839 2024 est.
Land area
10.6 sq mi
Density
79 per sq mi
Coordinates
34.0254° N, 87.7584° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Sipsey River → Tombigbee River → Mobile River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 3
35548 35563 35594
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Natural Bridge750 ft
  2. Lynn670 ft
  3. Brilliant610 ft
  4. Twin590 ft
  5. Eldridge570 ft
  6. Glen Allen540 ft
  7. Hamilton530 ft
  8. Winfield530 ft
  9. Gu-Win530 ft
  10. Guin490 ft
  11. Kansas470 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Millstone Mountain941 ft
  • Ikes Knob920 ft
  • Bee Mountain, Marion County850 ft
  • Ford Mountain800 ft
  • Bald Rock, Winston County790 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town 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 town 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.