Phenix City, AL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Phenix City, Alabama, shaded from 190 ft on the southeast side to 610 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
610 ft 185 m500 ft 155 m450 ft 135 m350 ft 105 m240 ft 75 m190 ft 55 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

Phenix City sits at about 360 ft (110 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
360 ft 110 m
most residents: 280–500 ft
Lowest
190 ft 55 m
on the southeast side
Highest
610 ft 185 m
on the northwest side
Average
360 ft 110 m
all land inside city limits

Phenix City spans about 420 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
360 ft110 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the northwest side
610 ft185 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southeast side
190 ft55 m
Town center
USGS map point for Phenix City
240 ft75 m
Airport (CSG)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 3.5 mi northeast of the city limits
398 ft121 m
Average of all land360 ft110 m

Elevation profile, west to east

5.6 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Phenix City, Alabama, shaded from 190 ft on the southeast side to 610 ft on the northwest side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in Russell and Lee counties, Alabama, United States
Population
38,509 2024 est.
Land area
28.1 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
1,373 per sq mi
Coordinates
32.4710° N, 85.0008° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Chattahoochee River → Apalachicola River → Gulf of America
Airport
Columbus (CSG) 398 ft
ZIP codes 4
36867 36869 36870 36877
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Hamilton, GA750 ft
  2. Ellerslie, GA690 ft
  3. Cataula, GA630 ft
  4. Antioch, GA590 ft
  5. Piney Grove, GA540 ft
  6. Smiths Station460 ft
  7. Box Springs, GA450 ft
  8. Ladonia430 ft
  9. Columbus, GA370 ft
  10. Phenix City360 ft
  11. Cusseta-Chattahoochee County, GA340 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

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. All public domain.