Sterrett, AL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sterrett, Alabama, shaded from 430 ft on the east side to 1,090 ft on Tater Hill
Elevation
1,090 ft 330 m920 ft 280 m840 ft 255 m680 ft 205 m510 ft 155 m430 ft 130 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
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

Sterrett 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: 480–910 ft
Lowest
430 ft 130 m
on the east side
Highest
1,090 ft 330 m
on Tater Hill
Average
560 ft 170 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Sterrett spans about 660 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 the CDP boundary, on Tater Hill
1,090 ft330 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side
430 ft130 m
Town center
USGS map point for Sterrett
510 ft155 m
Average of all land560 ft170 m

Elevation profile, west to east

4.4 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sterrett, Alabama, shaded from 430 ft on the east side to 1,090 ft on Tater Hill
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Shelby County, Alabama, United States
Population
706 2020 Census
Land area
22.9 sq mi + 0.6 sq mi water
Density
31 per sq mi
Coordinates
33.4487° N, 86.4800° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Valley and Ridge
Drains to
Coosa River → Alabama River → Mobile River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 2
35147 35178
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Shoal Creek840 ft
  2. Highland Lakes840 ft
  3. Dunnavant720 ft
  4. Moody700 ft
  5. Leeds670 ft
  6. Brook Highland580 ft
  7. Vandiver550 ft
  8. Sterrett540 ft
  9. Westover500 ft
  10. Vincent470 ft
  11. Harpersville460 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Cheaha Mountain2,413 ft
  • Dugger Mountain2,130 ft
  • Morton Hill2,070 ft
  • Tater Hill1,090 ft
  • Linder Mountain680 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.
  • Sterrett 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.