Clay County, AL Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
2,330 ft 710 m1,890 ft 575 m1,670 ft 510 m1,220 ft 370 m780 ft 235 m550 ft 170 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- 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
- Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
- Click or tap anywhere
- 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
Clay County averages about 1,010 ft (305 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 550 ft on the southwest side to 2,340 ft on Hernandez Peak.
Average elevation
1,010 ft 305 m
all land inside the county
Highest
2,340 ft 710 m
on Hernandez Peak
Lowest
550 ft 170 m
on the southwest side
Clay County spans about 1,790 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Average of all land | 1,010 ft305 m |
| Highest point Inside the county, on Hernandez Peak (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height) | 2,340 ft710 m |
| Lowest point Inside the county, on the southwest side | 550 ft170 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
20 mi west to east through Lineville.
Topographic Map
- Location
- County in Alabama, United States
- Population
- 14,239 2024 est.
- Land area
- 604.0 sq mi + 2.0 sq mi water
- Density
- 24 per sq mi
- Time zone
- Central UTC−6 / −5
- Landform region
- Piedmont
- Drains to
- Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average
- Cleburne County1,060 ft
- Clay County1,010 ft
- Randolph County940 ft
- Coosa County640 ft
- Tallapoosa County640 ft
- Talladega County620 ft
Rankings by average elevation
- Counties in Alabama4th highest of 67
- Counties in the United States1,385th highest of 3,151
Peaks and hills highest inside
- Hernandez Peak2,340 ft
- Odum Point2,330 ft
- Little Caney Head2,300 ft
- Robinson Mountain2,160 ft
- Burgess Point1,870 ft
All 5 towns in Clay County by typical elevation
- Ashland1,080 ft
- Lineville1,050 ft
- Delta970 ft
- Millerville890 ft
- Hollins810 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.
- 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.