Jackson County, AL Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
1,860 ft 565 m1,540 ft 470 m1,380 ft 420 m1,060 ft 320 m740 ft 225 m570 ft 175 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- 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.
- County area
- Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Jackson County averages about 1,070 ft (325 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 570 ft on the west side to 1,860 ft on Johnson Top.
Average elevation
1,070 ft 325 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,860 ft 565 m
on Johnson Top
Lowest
570 ft 175 m
on the west side
Jackson County spans about 1,290 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Average of all land | 1,070 ft325 m |
| Highest point Inside the county, on Johnson Top (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height) | 1,860 ft565 m |
| Lowest point Inside the county, on the west side | 570 ft175 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
36 mi south to north through Scottsboro.
Topographic Map
- Location
- County in Alabama, United States
- Population
- 53,780 2024 est.
- Land area
- 1,078.0 sq mi + 48.8 sq mi water
- Density
- 50 per sq mi
- Time zone
- Central UTC−6 / −5
- Landform region
- Appalachian Plateaus 97%
- Drains to
- Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average
- Marion County, TN1,330 ft
- Dade County, GA1,290 ft
- DeKalb County1,220 ft
- Franklin County, TN1,180 ft
- Jackson County1,070 ft
- Marshall County920 ft
- Madison County790 ft
Rankings by average elevation
- Counties in Alabama2nd highest of 67
- Counties in the United States1,281st highest of 3,151
Peaks and hills highest inside
- Johnson Top1,860 ft
- Husky Top1,830 ft
- Little Cumberland Mountain1,820 ft
- Wilson Top1,790 ft
- Middle Point, Jackson County1,790 ft
All 13 towns in Jackson County by typical elevation
- Hytop1,700 ft
- Skyline1,590 ft
- Pleasant Groves1,530 ft
- Dutton1,360 ft
- Pisgah1,360 ft
- Section1,320 ft
- Bridgeport670 ft
- Hollywood630 ft
- Langston630 ft
- Paint Rock630 ft
- Scottsboro630 ft
- Stevenson620 ft
- Woodville610 ft
How we measure
- Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
- Highest and lowest: the highest land cell; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
- Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
- Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
- 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.