Covington County, AL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Covington County, Alabama, shaded from 96 ft on the west side to 490 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
490 ft 150 m390 ft 120 m340 ft 105 m240 ft 75 m150 ft 45 m96 ft 29 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

Covington County averages about 260 ft (80 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 96 ft on the west side to 490 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
260 ft 80 m
all land inside the county
Highest
490 ft 150 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
96 ft 29 m
on the west side

Covington County spans about 394 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 land260 ft80 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
490 ft150 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the west side
96 ft29 m

Elevation profile, south to north

37 mi south to north through Andalusia.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Covington County, Alabama, shaded from 96 ft on the west side to 490 ft on the northwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Alabama, United States
Population
37,748 2024 est.
Land area
1,030.6 sq mi + 13.2 sq mi water
Density
37 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Coastal Plain
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. Crenshaw County370 ft
  2. Butler County340 ft
  3. Coffee County310 ft
  4. Conecuh County290 ft
  5. Covington County260 ft
  6. Escambia County210 ft
  7. Geneva County200 ft
  8. Okaloosa County, FL140 ft
  9. Walton County, FL140 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Red Wash Hill300 ft
All 14 towns in Covington County by typical elevation
  1. Heath350 ft
  2. Onycha330 ft
  3. Red Level320 ft
  4. Andalusia310 ft
  5. Lockhart300 ft
  6. Sanford300 ft
  7. Opp300 ft
  8. Carolina300 ft
  9. Babbie290 ft
  10. Florala280 ft
  11. Libertyville260 ft
  12. Horn Hill260 ft
  13. Gantt230 ft
  14. River Falls220 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.
  • 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, 79 ft at 31.0371° N, 86.2329° 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.