Greensboro, AL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Greensboro, Alabama, shaded from 210 ft on the southwest side to 310 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
310 ft 95 m290 ft 85 m270 ft 85 m250 ft 75 m220 ft 65 m210 ft 65 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
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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

Greensboro sits at about 260 ft (80 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
260 ft 80 m
most residents: 250–300 ft
Lowest
210 ft 65 m
on the southwest side
Highest
310 ft 95 m
on the northeast side
Average
260 ft 80 m
all land inside city limits

Greensboro spans about 100 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
260 ft80 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the northeast side
310 ft95 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southwest side
210 ft65 m
Town center
USGS map point for Greensboro
280 ft85 m
Airport (7A0)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.9 mi west of the city limits
175 ft53 m
Average of all land260 ft80 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.5 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Greensboro, Alabama, shaded from 210 ft on the southwest side to 310 ft on the northeast side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Hale County, Alabama, United States
Population
2,187 2024 est.
Land area
2.4 sq mi
Density
920 per sq mi
Coordinates
32.7046° N, 87.5958° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Black Warrior River → Tombigbee River → Mobile River → Gulf of America
Airport
Greensboro Municipal (7A0) 175 ft
ZIP codes 1
36744
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Marion340 ft
  2. Uniontown270 ft
  3. Greensboro260 ft
  4. Dayton220 ft
  5. Faunsdale220 ft
  6. Moundville200 ft
  7. Newbern180 ft
  8. Eutaw170 ft
  9. Demopolis140 ft
  10. Forkland140 ft
  11. Akron130 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • McAlpin Hill250 ft
  • Fannin Hill230 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.