Sweet Water, AL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sweet Water, Alabama, shaded from 130 ft on the southwest side to 320 ft on the north side
Elevation
320 ft 100 m280 ft 85 m250 ft 75 m200 ft 60 m160 ft 45 m130 ft 40 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.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Sweet Water sits at about 180 ft (55 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
180 ft 55 m
most residents: 150–200 ft
Lowest
130 ft 40 m
on the southwest side
Highest
320 ft 100 m
on the north side
Average
200 ft 60 m
all land inside town limits

Sweet Water spans about 190 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
180 ft55 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the north side
320 ft100 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the southwest side
130 ft40 m
Town center
USGS map point for Sweet Water
190 ft55 m
Average of all land200 ft60 m

Elevation profile, south to north

2.5 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sweet Water, Alabama, shaded from 130 ft on the southwest side to 320 ft on the north side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Town in Marengo County, Alabama, United States
Population
216 2024 est.
Land area
2.4 sq mi
Density
92 per sq mi
Coordinates
32.0974° N, 87.8675° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Tombigbee River → Mobile River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
36782
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Thomasville380 ft
  2. Nanafalia210 ft
  3. Myrtlewood200 ft
  4. Sweet Water180 ft
  5. Thomaston180 ft
  6. Linden150 ft
  7. Butler140 ft
  8. Putnam140 ft
  9. Pine Hill140 ft
  10. Providence100 ft
  11. Pennington76 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Campbell Mountain400 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town 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 town 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); BTS time zones. All public domain.