Mobile, AL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mobile, Alabama, shaded from sea level level on Polecat Bay to 230 ft on the west side
Elevation
230 ft 70 m170 ft 55 m150 ft 45 m87 ft 27 m29 ft 9 m0 ft 0 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
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

Mobile sits at about 74 ft (23 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
74 ft 23 m
most residents: 15–190 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Polecat Bay
Highest
230 ft 70 m
on the west side
Average
72 ft 22 m
all land inside city limits

Mobile spans about 230 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
74 ft23 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the west side
230 ft70 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Polecat Bay
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Mobile
9 ft3 m
Airport (MOB)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
219 ft67 m
Average of all land72 ft22 m

Elevation profile, west to east

16 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mobile, Alabama, shaded from sea level level on Polecat Bay to 230 ft on the west side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in Mobile County, Alabama, United States
Population
201,367 2024 est.
Land area
150.8 sq mi + 40.6 sq mi water
Density
1,335 per sq mi
Coordinates
30.6944° N, 88.0431° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Gulf of America
Airport
Mobile Regional (MOB) 219 ft
ZIP codes 22
36571 36575 36582 36602 36603 36604 36605 36606 36607 36608 36609 36610 36611 36613 36615 36617 36618 36619 36652 36688 36693 36695
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Semmes210 ft
  2. Tillmans Corner140 ft
  3. Daphne130 ft
  4. Spanish Fort130 ft
  5. Theodore81 ft
  6. Mobile74 ft
  7. Prichard39 ft
  8. Saraland36 ft
  9. Chickasaw32 ft
  10. Creola21 ft
  11. Satsuma20 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Stony Hill210 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).
  • 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, −3 ft at 30.6471° N, 88.0360° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted; this coastal land's lowest point is sea level on the coast.
  • 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.