Fort Payne, AL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Fort Payne, Alabama, shaded from 770 ft on the southwest side to 1,770 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
1,770 ft 540 m1,520 ft 465 m1,390 ft 425 m1,140 ft 350 m890 ft 275 m770 ft 235 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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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City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Fort Payne sits at about 970 ft (295 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
970 ft 295 m
most residents: 900–1,520 ft
Lowest
770 ft 235 m
on the southwest side
Highest
1,770 ft 540 m
on the northeast side
Average
1,210 ft 370 m
all land inside city limits

Fort Payne spans about 1,000 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
970 ft295 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the northeast side
1,770 ft540 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southwest side
770 ft235 m
Town center
USGS map point for Fort Payne
900 ft275 m
Airport (4A9)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
877 ft267 m
Average of all land1,210 ft370 m

Elevation profile, west to east

7.7 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Fort Payne, Alabama, shaded from 770 ft on the southwest side to 1,770 ft on the northeast side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
City in DeKalb County, Alabama, United States
Population
15,017 2024 est.
Land area
56.4 sq mi + 0.4 sq mi water
Density
266 per sq mi
Coordinates
34.4443° N, 85.7197° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Big Wills Creek → Coosa River → Alabama River → Mobile River → Gulf of America
Airport
Isbell Field (4A9) 877 ft
ZIP codes 2
35967 35968
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Mentone1,700 ft
  2. Sylvania1,350 ft
  3. Rainsville1,270 ft
  4. Fyffe1,250 ft
  5. Shiloh1,250 ft
  6. Powell1,250 ft
  7. Valley Head1,070 ft
  8. Hammondville1,000 ft
  9. Pine Ridge990 ft
  10. Fort Payne970 ft
  11. Broomtown750 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Cheaha Mountain2,413 ft
  • Dugger Mountain2,130 ft
  • Morton Hill2,070 ft
  • Castle Rock1,750 ft
  • Mount Brandon1,670 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.