La Fayette, AL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of La Fayette, Alabama, shaded from 680 ft on the southeast side to 880 ft on the north side
Elevation
880 ft 270 m830 ft 250 m800 ft 245 m750 ft 230 m700 ft 215 m680 ft 205 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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

La Fayette sits at about 800 ft (245 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
800 ft 245 m
most residents: 760–830 ft
Lowest
680 ft 205 m
on the southeast side
Highest
880 ft 270 m
on the north side
Average
790 ft 240 m
all land inside city limits

La Fayette spans about 200 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
800 ft245 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the north side
880 ft270 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southeast side
680 ft205 m
Average of all land790 ft240 m

Elevation profile, west to east

3.0 mi west to east through the middle of La Fayette.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of La Fayette, Alabama, shaded from 680 ft on the southeast side to 880 ft on the north side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Chambers County, Alabama, United States
Population
2,603 2024 est.
Land area
8.9 sq mi
Density
294 per sq mi
Coordinates
32.8968° N, 85.4020° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Tallapoosa River → Alabama River → Mobile River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
36862
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Five Points840 ft
  2. La Fayette800 ft
  3. Waverly760 ft
  4. Penton760 ft
  5. Fredonia740 ft
  6. Standing Rock690 ft
  7. Cusseta680 ft
  8. Huguley660 ft
  9. Valley630 ft
  10. West Point, GA620 ft
  11. Lanett620 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Cheaha Mountain2,413 ft
  • Morton Hill2,070 ft
  • Doss Mountain, Tallapoosa County980 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.