Saks, AL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Saks, Alabama, shaded from 600 ft on the northwest side to 970 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
970 ft 295 m880 ft 270 m830 ft 255 m740 ft 225 m650 ft 195 m600 ft 185 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
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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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Saks sits at about 750 ft (230 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
750 ft 230 m
most residents: 680–810 ft
Lowest
600 ft 185 m
on the northwest side
Highest
970 ft 295 m
on the southwest side
Average
730 ft 220 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Saks spans about 370 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
750 ft230 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side
970 ft295 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side
600 ft185 m
Town center
USGS map point for Saks
830 ft250 m
Airport (ANB)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 5.8 mi south of the CDP boundary
612 ft187 m
Average of all land730 ft220 m
Nearest peak
Morton Hill, 4.9 mi east of the CDP boundary
2,070 ft630 m

Elevation profile, south to north

3.6 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Saks, Alabama, shaded from 600 ft on the northwest side to 970 ft on the southwest side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Calhoun County, Alabama, United States
Population
9,956 2020 Census
Land area
12.2 sq mi
Density
818 per sq mi
Coordinates
33.6987° N, 85.8397° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Valley and Ridge
Drains to
Coosa River → Alabama River → Mobile River → Gulf of America
Airport
Anniston Regional (ANB) 612 ft
ZIP codes 3
36201 36206 36250
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Choccolocco800 ft
  2. West End-Cobb Town790 ft
  3. Anniston760 ft
  4. Saks750 ft
  5. Hobson City740 ft
  6. White Plains740 ft
  7. Weaver720 ft
  8. Jacksonville700 ft
  9. Oxford640 ft
  10. Alexandria620 ft
  11. Ohatchee520 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Cheaha Mountain2,413 ft
  • Dugger Mountain2,130 ft
  • Morton Hill2,070 ft
  • Miller Hill1,050 ft
  • Wygant Hill1,050 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.
  • Saks 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.