Scottsboro, AL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Scottsboro, Alabama, shaded from 590 ft on the southwest side to 1,370 ft near the middle
Elevation
1,370 ft 415 m1,170 ft 360 m1,080 ft 330 m880 ft 270 m690 ft 210 m590 ft 180 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

Scottsboro sits at about 630 ft (190 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
630 ft 190 m
most residents: 610–680 ft
Lowest
590 ft 180 m
on the southwest side
Highest
1,370 ft 415 m
near the middle
Average
680 ft 210 m
all land inside city limits

Scottsboro spans about 780 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
630 ft190 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, near the middle
1,370 ft415 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southwest side
590 ft180 m
Town center
USGS map point for Scottsboro
650 ft200 m
Airport (4A6)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
651 ft198 m
Average of all land680 ft210 m

Elevation profile, west to east

8.5 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Scottsboro, Alabama, shaded from 590 ft on the southwest side to 1,370 ft near the middle
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
City in Jackson County, Alabama, United States
Population
15,957 2024 est.
Land area
50.7 sq mi + 6.8 sq mi water
Density
315 per sq mi
Coordinates
34.6723° N, 86.0341° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Tennessee River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Scottsboro Municipal-Word Field (4A6) 651 ft
ZIP codes 3
35768 35769 35776
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Skyline1,590 ft
  2. Pleasant Groves1,530 ft
  3. Dutton1,360 ft
  4. Pisgah1,360 ft
  5. Sylvania1,350 ft
  6. Section1,320 ft
  7. Powell1,250 ft
  8. Hollywood630 ft
  9. Langston630 ft
  10. Scottsboro630 ft
  11. Woodville610 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Dugger Mountain2,130 ft
  • Tater Knob, Jackson County1,370 ft
  • July Mountain1,350 ft
  • Poorhouse Mountain, Jackson County1,270 ft
  • Pine Mountain, Jackson County1,230 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. All public domain.