Marshall County, AL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Marshall County, Alabama, shaded from 560 ft on the northwest side to 1,380 ft on Gunters Mountain
Elevation
1,380 ft 420 m1,180 ft 360 m1,070 ft 325 m870 ft 265 m660 ft 200 m560 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

Marshall County averages about 920 ft (280 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 560 ft on the northwest side to 1,380 ft on Gunters Mountain.

Average elevation
920 ft 280 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,380 ft 420 m
on Gunters Mountain
Lowest
560 ft 170 m
on the northwest side

Marshall County spans about 820 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 land920 ft280 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Gunters Mountain (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
1,380 ft420 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
560 ft170 m

Elevation profile, south to north

30 mi south to north through Albertville.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Marshall County, Alabama, shaded from 560 ft on the northwest side to 1,380 ft on Gunters Mountain
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
County in Alabama, United States
Population
102,156 2024 est.
Land area
566.0 sq mi + 57.2 sq mi water
Density
180 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus 99%
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. DeKalb County1,220 ft
  2. Jackson County1,070 ft
  3. Marshall County920 ft
  4. Blount County790 ft
  5. Madison County790 ft
  6. Etowah County760 ft
  7. Cullman County760 ft
  8. Morgan County720 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Gunters Mountain1,380 ft
  • Bettinger Mountain1,260 ft
  • Soda Top1,240 ft
  • Negro Mountain, Marshall County1,240 ft
  • Center Point1,230 ft
All 11 towns in Marshall County by typical elevation
  1. Grant1,220 ft
  2. Arab1,070 ft
  3. Sardis City partly1,060 ft
  4. Boaz1,050 ft
  5. Albertville1,040 ft
  6. Union Grove1,030 ft
  7. Joppa partly1,000 ft
  8. Cherokee Ridge940 ft
  9. Douglas930 ft
  10. Guntersville660 ft
  11. Huntsville partly660 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.
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 500 ft at 34.3374° N, 86.3740° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.