Fairfield, AL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Fairfield, Alabama, shaded from 510 ft on the south side to 700 ft near the middle
Elevation
700 ft 215 m650 ft 200 m630 ft 190 m580 ft 180 m540 ft 165 m510 ft 155 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
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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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Fairfield sits at about 590 ft (180 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
590 ft 180 m
most residents: 550–630 ft
Lowest
510 ft 155 m
on the south side
Highest
700 ft 215 m
near the middle
Average
590 ft 180 m
all land inside city limits

Fairfield spans about 190 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
590 ft180 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, near the middle
700 ft215 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the south side
510 ft155 m
Town center
USGS map point for Fairfield
570 ft175 m
Airport (BHM)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 9.9 mi northeast of the city limits
650 ft198 m
Average of all land590 ft180 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.3 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Fairfield, Alabama, shaded from 510 ft on the south side to 700 ft near the middle
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States
Population
9,524 2024 est.
Land area
3.5 sq mi
Density
2,749 per sq mi
Coordinates
33.4859° N, 86.9119° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Valley Creek → Black Warrior River → Tombigbee River → Mobile River → Gulf of America
Airport
Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International (BHM) 650 ft
ZIP codes 1
35064
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Pleasant Grove640 ft
  2. Forestdale630 ft
  3. Fairfield590 ft
  4. McDonald Chapel590 ft
  5. Minor580 ft
  6. Edgewater560 ft
  7. Mulga550 ft
  8. Midfield540 ft
  9. Lipscomb540 ft
  10. Hueytown530 ft
  11. Brighton510 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Little Shades Mountain850 ft
  • West Rock Mountain810 ft
  • West Red Mountain, Jefferson County800 ft
  • Clarke Mountain760 ft
  • Irish Hill650 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. All public domain.