Madison County, AL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Madison County, Alabama, shaded from 550 ft on the southwest side to 1,860 ft on Johnson Top
Elevation
1,860 ft 565 m1,530 ft 470 m1,370 ft 420 m1,040 ft 320 m720 ft 220 m550 ft 170 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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
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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Madison County averages about 790 ft (240 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 550 ft on the southwest side to 1,860 ft on Johnson Top.

Average elevation
790 ft 240 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,860 ft 565 m
on Johnson Top
Lowest
550 ft 170 m
on the southwest side

Madison County spans about 1,310 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.

FigureElevation
Average of all land790 ft240 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Johnson Top
1,860 ft565 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
550 ft170 m

Elevation profile, west to east

24 mi west to east through Huntsville.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Madison County, Alabama, shaded from 550 ft on the southwest side to 1,860 ft on Johnson Top
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
County in Alabama, United States
Population
423,355 2024 est.
Land area
801.7 sq mi + 11.0 sq mi water
Density
528 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform regions
Interior Low Plateaus 84%, Appalachian Plateaus 16%
Drains to
Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Franklin County, TN1,180 ft
  2. Jackson County1,070 ft
  3. Marshall County920 ft
  4. Lincoln County, TN840 ft
  5. Madison County790 ft
  6. Morgan County720 ft
  7. Limestone County700 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Putman Mountain1,820 ft
  • High Top1,810 ft
  • Bice Mountain1,790 ft
  • Hodge Mountain1,780 ft
  • Maxwell Mountain, Madison County1,780 ft
All 12 towns in Madison County by typical elevation
  1. Harvest830 ft
  2. Hazel Green790 ft
  3. New Market790 ft
  4. Meridianville760 ft
  5. Moores Mill760 ft
  6. Madison710 ft
  7. Huntsville660 ft
  8. Redstone Arsenal650 ft
  9. Gurley650 ft
  10. Triana610 ft
  11. New Hope590 ft
  12. Owens Cross Roads590 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. 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.