Etowah County, AL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Etowah County, Alabama, shaded from 510 ft on the south side to 1,550 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
1,550 ft 475 m1,290 ft 395 m1,160 ft 355 m900 ft 275 m640 ft 195 m510 ft 155 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

Etowah County averages about 760 ft (230 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 510 ft on the south side to 1,550 ft on the northeast side.

Average elevation
760 ft 230 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,550 ft 475 m
on the northeast side
Lowest
510 ft 155 m
on the south side

Etowah County spans about 1,040 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 land760 ft230 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
1,550 ft475 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the south side
510 ft155 m

Elevation profile, west to east

33 mi west to east through Gadsden.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Etowah County, Alabama, shaded from 510 ft on the south side to 1,550 ft on the northeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
County in Alabama, United States
Population
103,207 2024 est.
Land area
535.1 sq mi + 13.5 sq mi water
Density
193 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform regions
Valley and Ridge 51%, Appalachian Plateaus 49%
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. DeKalb County1,220 ft
  2. Marshall County920 ft
  3. Blount County790 ft
  4. Etowah County760 ft
  5. Cherokee County760 ft
  6. Calhoun County750 ft
  7. St. Clair County690 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Aurora Mountain1,402 ft
  • Buzzard Rock1,380 ft
  • Altoona Mountain1,300 ft
  • Walker Mountain, Etowah County1,190 ft
  • Dunaway Mountain1,150 ft
All 23 towns in Etowah County by typical elevation
  1. New Union1,110 ft
  2. Sardis City1,060 ft
  3. Boaz partly1,050 ft
  4. Whitesboro1,040 ft
  5. Carlisle-Rockledge1,040 ft
  6. Egypt1,000 ft
  7. Altoona950 ft
  8. Bristow Cove910 ft
  9. Walnut Grove890 ft
  10. Gallant810 ft
  11. Lookout Mountain800 ft
  12. Ivalee700 ft
  13. Ridgeville680 ft
  14. Reece City630 ft
  15. Ballplay590 ft
  16. Hokes Bluff580 ft
  17. Coats Bend570 ft
  18. Southside560 ft
  19. Attalla560 ft
  20. Tidmore Bend560 ft
  21. Gadsden560 ft
  22. Glencoe560 ft
  23. Rainbow City550 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, 440 ft at 33.9379° N, 85.9307° 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.