Calhoun County, AL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Calhoun County, Alabama, shaded from 460 ft on the west side to 2,070 ft on Morton Hill
Elevation
2,070 ft 630 m1,670 ft 510 m1,470 ft 450 m1,070 ft 325 m660 ft 200 m460 ft 140 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
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Calhoun County averages about 750 ft (230 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 460 ft on the west side to 2,070 ft on Morton Hill.

Average elevation
750 ft 230 m
all land inside the county
Highest
2,070 ft 630 m
on Morton Hill
Lowest
460 ft 140 m
on the west side

Calhoun County spans about 1,610 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 land750 ft230 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Morton Hill (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
2,070 ft630 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the west side
460 ft140 m

Elevation profile, west to east

19 mi west to east through Oxford.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Calhoun County, Alabama, shaded from 460 ft on the west side to 2,070 ft on Morton Hill
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
County in Alabama, United States
Population
116,427 2024 est.
Land area
605.9 sq mi + 6.4 sq mi water
Density
192 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Valley and Ridge
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. Cleburne County1,060 ft
  2. Etowah County760 ft
  3. Cherokee County760 ft
  4. Calhoun County750 ft
  5. St. Clair County690 ft
  6. Talladega County620 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Morton Hill2,070 ft
  • Big Oak Mountain2,040 ft
  • Moorman Hill2,030 ft
  • King Hill1,970 ft
  • Stanley Hill1,910 ft
All 15 towns in Calhoun County by typical elevation
  1. Nances Creek990 ft
  2. Choccolocco800 ft
  3. West End-Cobb Town790 ft
  4. Anniston760 ft
  5. Saks750 ft
  6. Hobson City740 ft
  7. White Plains740 ft
  8. Weaver720 ft
  9. Piedmont700 ft
  10. Jacksonville700 ft
  11. Oxford640 ft
  12. Alexandria620 ft
  13. Southside partly560 ft
  14. Glencoe partly560 ft
  15. Ohatchee520 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; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. 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, 360 ft at 33.7799° N, 85.9304° 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.