McCalla, AL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of McCalla, Alabama, shaded from 370 ft on the south side to 844 ft on Rock Mountain
Elevation
840 ft 255 m730 ft 220 m670 ft 205 m550 ft 170 m430 ft 130 m370 ft 115 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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.
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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

McCalla sits at about 550 ft (170 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
550 ft 170 m
most residents: 510–650 ft
Lowest
370 ft 115 m
on the south side
Highest
844 ft 257 m
on Rock Mountain
Average
550 ft 165 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

McCalla spans about 470 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
550 ft170 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on Rock Mountain
844 ft257 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the south side
370 ft115 m
Town center
USGS map point for McCalla
510 ft155 m
Airport (EKY)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 1.6 mi southeast of the CDP boundary
700 ft213 m
Average of all land550 ft165 m

Elevation profile, south to north

7.1 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of McCalla, Alabama, shaded from 370 ft on the south side to 844 ft on Rock Mountain
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States
Population
12,965 2020 Census
Land area
33.8 sq mi + 0.4 sq mi water
Density
384 per sq mi
Coordinates
33.3487° N, 87.0142° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Valley and Ridge
Drains to
Valley Creek → Black Warrior River → Tombigbee River → Mobile River → Gulf of America
Airport
Bessemer Ntl (EKY) 700 ft
ZIP codes 2
35022 35111
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Pleasant Grove640 ft
  2. McCalla550 ft
  3. Midfield540 ft
  4. Concord540 ft
  5. Lipscomb540 ft
  6. Lake View530 ft
  7. Hueytown530 ft
  8. Bessemer520 ft
  9. Rock Creek520 ft
  10. Brighton510 ft
  11. North Johns460 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Rock Mountain844 ft
  • Potato Hill, Jefferson County790 ft
  • McAshan Mountain760 ft
  • Sand Mountain, Bibb County750 ft
  • West Red Mountain, Tuscaloosa County700 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 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.
  • McCalla 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.