Forestdale, AL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Forestdale, Alabama, shaded from 510 ft on the south side to 760 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
750 ft 230 m690 ft 210 m660 ft 200 m600 ft 185 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.
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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Forestdale sits at about 630 ft (190 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
630 ft 190 m
most residents: 570–680 ft
Lowest
510 ft 155 m
on the south side
Highest
760 ft 230 m
on the northwest side
Average
630 ft 190 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Forestdale spans about 250 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
630 ft190 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side
760 ft230 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the south side
510 ft155 m
Town center
USGS map point for Forestdale
640 ft195 m
Airport (BHM)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.7 mi east of the CDP boundary
650 ft198 m
Average of all land630 ft190 m

Elevation profile, west to east

3.0 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Forestdale, Alabama, shaded from 510 ft on the south side to 760 ft on the northwest side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States
Population
10,409 2020 Census
Land area
6.7 sq mi
Density
1,549 per sq mi
Coordinates
33.5701° N, 86.8964° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Locust Fork → Black Warrior River → Tombigbee River → Mobile River → Gulf of America
Airport
Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International (BHM) 650 ft
ZIP codes 2
35005 35214
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Forestdale630 ft
  2. Maytown620 ft
  3. Fairfield590 ft
  4. Adamsville590 ft
  5. McDonald Chapel590 ft
  6. Minor580 ft
  7. Edgewater560 ft
  8. Graysville560 ft
  9. Mulga550 ft
  10. Brookside440 ft
  11. Cardiff370 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Cheaha Mountain2,413 ft
  • Easterwood Mountain760 ft
  • Lassiter Mountain740 ft
  • Cat Mountain680 ft
  • Irish Hill650 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • 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, 510 ft at 33.5918° N, 86.8904° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.
  • Forestdale is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.