Tarrant, AL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Tarrant, Alabama, shaded from 520 ft near the middle to 860 ft on the east side
Elevation
860 ft 265 m780 ft 235 m740 ft 225 m650 ft 200 m570 ft 175 m520 ft 160 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Tarrant sits at about 610 ft (185 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
610 ft 185 m
most residents: 550–730 ft
Lowest
520 ft 160 m
near the middle
Highest
860 ft 265 m
on the east side
Average
610 ft 185 m
all land inside city limits

Tarrant spans about 340 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
610 ft185 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the east side
860 ft265 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, near the middle
520 ft160 m
Town center
USGS map point for Tarrant
550 ft165 m
Airport (BHM)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 0.6 mi southeast of the city limits
650 ft198 m
Average of all land610 ft185 m

Elevation profile, west to east

2.3 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Tarrant, Alabama, shaded from 520 ft near the middle to 860 ft on the east side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
City in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States
Population
5,806 2024 est.
Land area
6.4 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
912 per sq mi
Coordinates
33.5834° N, 86.7728° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Valley and Ridge
Drains to
Locust Fork → Black Warrior River → Tombigbee River → Mobile River → Gulf of America
Airport
Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International (BHM) 650 ft
ZIP codes 1
35217
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Grayson Valley970 ft
  2. Irondale820 ft
  3. Center Point820 ft
  4. Mountain Brook750 ft
  5. Homewood710 ft
  6. Birmingham650 ft
  7. Forestdale630 ft
  8. Gardendale620 ft
  9. Tarrant610 ft
  10. Fultondale590 ft
  11. Mount Olive570 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Cheaha Mountain2,413 ft
  • Morton Hill2,070 ft
  • Pilot Knob, Jefferson County1,250 ft
  • Ruffner Mountain1,240 ft
  • Easterwood Mountain760 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).
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 83 ft at 33.5865° N, 86.7604° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.