Dayton, AL Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
270 ft 85 m240 ft 75 m220 ft 70 m190 ft 60 m160 ft 50 m140 ft 45 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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.
- Town area
- Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Dayton sits at about 220 ft (70 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside town limits (too few residents to weight by).
Typical elevation (all land)
220 ft 70 m
few residents
Lowest
140 ft 45 m
on the northwest side
Highest
270 ft 85 m
on the northeast side
Average
220 ft 70 m
all land inside town limits
Dayton spans about 130 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical (all land) Median of all land; too few residents to weight by | 220 ft70 m |
| Highest point Inside town limits, on the northeast side | 270 ft85 m |
| Lowest point Inside town limits, on the northwest side | 140 ft45 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Dayton | 250 ft75 m |
| Average of all land | 220 ft70 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
1.0 mi west to east through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Town in Marengo County, Alabama, United States
- Population
- 28 2024 est.
- Land area
- 1.0 sq mi
- Density
- 28 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 32.3510° N, 87.6420° W
- Time zone
- Central UTC−6 / −5
- Landform region
- Coastal Plain
- Drains to
- Tombigbee River → Mobile River → Gulf of America
- ZIP codes 1
- 36738
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Uniontown270 ft
- Dayton220 ft
- Faunsdale220 ft
- Myrtlewood200 ft
- Catherine190 ft
- Sweet Water180 ft
- Newbern180 ft
- Thomaston180 ft
- Linden150 ft
- Demopolis140 ft
- Providence100 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Alabama473rd highest of 595
- Towns in Marengo Countyhighest of 10
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Grant Hill250 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the town limits; too few residents live here to weight by people.
- 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. All public domain.