Hobson, AL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Hobson, Alabama, shaded from 61 ft on the northeast side to 220 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
220 ft 65 m180 ft 55 m160 ft 50 m120 ft 35 m80 ft 24 m61 ft 19 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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Hobson sits at about 130 ft (40 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
130 ft 40 m
few residents
Lowest
61 ft 18 m
on the northeast side
Highest
220 ft 65 m
on the northwest side
Average
130 ft 40 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Hobson spans about 159 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 (all land)
Median of all land; too few residents to weight by
130 ft40 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side
220 ft65 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast side
61 ft18 m
Town center
USGS map point for Hobson
150 ft45 m
Airport (5R1)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.2 mi southwest of the CDP boundary
166 ft51 m
Average of all land130 ft40 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.1 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Hobson, Alabama, shaded from 61 ft on the northeast side to 220 ft on the northwest side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Washington County, Alabama, United States
Population
100 2020 Census
Land area
2.9 sq mi
Density
34 per sq mi
Coordinates
31.4724° N, 88.1533° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Mobile River → Gulf of America
Airport
Roy Wilcox (5R1) 166 ft
ZIP codes 1
36518
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Fruitdale230 ft
  2. Jackson230 ft
  3. Tibbie210 ft
  4. Vinegar Bend200 ft
  5. Chatom150 ft
  6. Millry140 ft
  7. St. Stephens140 ft
  8. Hobson130 ft
  9. Leroy120 ft
  10. Sims Chapel100 ft
  11. McIntosh48 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • High Hill250 ft
  • Nannie Chufa210 ft
  • High Rocky Hill200 ft
  • Monger Hill200 ft
  • Beard Hill120 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary; too few residents live here to weight by people.
  • 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).
  • 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.
  • Hobson 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. All public domain.