Clanton, AL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Clanton, Alabama, shaded from 470 ft on the southeast side to 700 ft on the north side
Elevation
700 ft 215 m640 ft 195 m610 ft 185 m560 ft 170 m500 ft 150 m470 ft 145 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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City area
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Elevation Data

Clanton sits at about 600 ft (185 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
600 ft 185 m
most residents: 570–630 ft
Lowest
470 ft 145 m
on the southeast side
Highest
700 ft 215 m
on the north side
Average
600 ft 185 m
all land inside city limits

Clanton spans about 230 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
600 ft185 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the north side
700 ft215 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southeast side
470 ft145 m
Town center
USGS map point for Clanton
590 ft180 m
Airport (02A)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
585 ft178 m
Average of all land600 ft185 m

Elevation profile, south to north

7.0 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Clanton, Alabama, shaded from 470 ft on the southeast side to 700 ft on the north side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
City in Chilton County, Alabama, United States
Population
9,228 2024 est.
Land area
23.2 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
398 per sq mi
Coordinates
32.8387° N, 86.6294° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Coosa River → Alabama River → Mobile River → Gulf of America
Airport
Chilton County (02A) 585 ft
ZIP codes 2
35045 35046
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Jemison700 ft
  2. Thorsby680 ft
  3. Clanton600 ft
  4. Calera560 ft
  5. Pine Level550 ft
  6. Shelby490 ft
  7. Deatsville480 ft
  8. Marbury460 ft
  9. Wilton430 ft
  10. Billingsley390 ft
  11. Maplesville370 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Cheaha Mountain2,413 ft
  • Deadening Mountain940 ft
  • York Mountain, Coosa County930 ft
  • Reedy Mountain870 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.