Selma, AL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Selma, Alabama, shaded from 80 ft on the west side to 200 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
210 ft 65 m170 ft 55 m160 ft 50 m130 ft 40 m95 ft 29 m80 ft 24 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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Selma sits at about 130 ft (40 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
130 ft 40 m
most residents: 120–160 ft
Lowest
80 ft 24 m
on the west side
Highest
200 ft 60 m
on the northwest side
Average
130 ft 40 m
all land inside city limits

Selma spans about 120 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
130 ft40 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the northwest side
200 ft60 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the west side
80 ft24 m
Town center
USGS map point for Selma
140 ft40 m
Airport (SEM)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 3.5 mi southeast of the city limits
166 ft51 m
Average of all land130 ft40 m

Elevation profile, south to north

2.8 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Selma, Alabama, shaded from 80 ft on the west side to 200 ft on the northwest side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Dallas County, Alabama, United States
Population
16,312 2024 est.
Land area
13.8 sq mi + 0.6 sq mi water
Density
1,181 per sq mi
Coordinates
32.4074° N, 87.0211° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Alabama River → Mobile River → Gulf of America
Airport
Craig Field (SEM) 166 ft
ZIP codes 2
36701 36703
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Billingsley390 ft
  2. Lowndesboro370 ft
  3. Marion340 ft
  4. Valley Grande260 ft
  5. White Hall220 ft
  6. Gordonville220 ft
  7. Orrville190 ft
  8. Autaugaville160 ft
  9. Selma130 ft
  10. Benton130 ft
  11. Selmont-West Selmont120 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Parker Mountain568 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.