Oxford, AL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Oxford, Alabama, shaded from 540 ft on the west side to 1,050 ft at the foot of the Talladega Mountain
Elevation
1,050 ft 320 m920 ft 280 m860 ft 260 m730 ft 220 m600 ft 185 m540 ft 165 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
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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

Oxford sits at about 640 ft (195 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
640 ft 195 m
most residents: 600–720 ft
Lowest
540 ft 165 m
on the west side
Highest
1,050 ft 320 m
at the foot of the Talladega Mountain
Average
650 ft 200 m
all land inside city limits

Oxford spans about 510 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
640 ft195 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, at the foot of the Talladega Mountain
1,050 ft320 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the west side
540 ft165 m
Town center
USGS map point for Oxford
650 ft200 m
Airport (ANB)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 0.3 mi southwest of the city limits
612 ft187 m
Average of all land650 ft200 m
Nearest peak
Morton Hill, 4.0 mi northeast of the city limits
2,070 ft630 m

Elevation profile, west to east

15 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Oxford, Alabama, shaded from 540 ft on the west side to 1,050 ft at the foot of the Talladega Mountain
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
City in Calhoun and Talladega counties, Alabama, United States
Population
22,088 2024 est.
Land area
32.0 sq mi + 0.4 sq mi water
Density
691 per sq mi
Coordinates
33.6143° N, 85.8350° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Valley and Ridge
Drains to
Choccolocco Creek → Coosa River → Alabama River → Mobile River → Gulf of America
Airport
Anniston Regional (ANB) 612 ft
ZIP codes 5
36201 36203 36207 36260 36268
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Hollis Crossroads880 ft
  2. Choccolocco800 ft
  3. West End-Cobb Town790 ft
  4. Anniston760 ft
  5. Saks750 ft
  6. Hobson City740 ft
  7. White Plains740 ft
  8. Weaver720 ft
  9. Oxford640 ft
  10. Munford630 ft
  11. Alexandria620 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Cheaha Mountain2,413 ft
  • Dugger Mountain2,130 ft
  • Morton Hill2,070 ft
  • Oak Mountain, Calhoun County1,700 ft
  • Brock Mountain1,020 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.