Pell City, AL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pell City, Alabama, shaded from 460 ft on the southeast side to 730 ft near the middle
Elevation
730 ft 225 m660 ft 200 m630 ft 190 m560 ft 170 m490 ft 150 m460 ft 140 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
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City area
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Elevation Data

Pell City sits at about 540 ft (165 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
540 ft 165 m
most residents: 490–610 ft
Lowest
460 ft 140 m
on the southeast side
Highest
730 ft 225 m
near the middle
Average
540 ft 165 m
all land inside city limits

Pell City spans about 270 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
540 ft165 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, near the middle
730 ft225 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southeast side
460 ft140 m
Town center
USGS map point for Pell City
590 ft180 m
Airport (PLR)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 0.2 mi southeast of the city limits
485 ft148 m
Average of all land540 ft165 m

Elevation profile, west to east

5.6 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pell City, Alabama, shaded from 460 ft on the southeast side to 730 ft near the middle
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
City in St. Clair County, Alabama, United States
Population
14,094 2024 est.
Land area
25.0 sq mi + 2.8 sq mi water
Density
564 per sq mi
Coordinates
33.5862° N, 86.2861° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Valley and Ridge
Drains to
Coosa River → Alabama River → Mobile River → Gulf of America
Airport
St Clair County (PLR) 485 ft
ZIP codes 3
35054 35125 35128
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Argo870 ft
  2. Odenville770 ft
  3. Margaret770 ft
  4. Moody700 ft
  5. Leeds670 ft
  6. Talladega590 ft
  7. Ragland550 ft
  8. Pell City540 ft
  9. Sterrett540 ft
  10. Lincoln520 ft
  11. Riverside500 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Cheaha Mountain2,413 ft
  • Dugger Mountain2,130 ft
  • Morton Hill2,070 ft
  • Pond Mountain900 ft
  • Savages Mountain720 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.