Theodore, AL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Theodore, Alabama, shaded from 29 ft on the southeast side to 170 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
170 ft 50 m130 ft 40 m120 ft 35 m81 ft 25 m47 ft 14 m29 ft 9 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.
Click or tap anywhere
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

Theodore sits at about 81 ft (25 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
81 ft 25 m
most residents: 51–120 ft
Lowest
29 ft 9 m
on the southeast side
Highest
170 ft 50 m
on the northwest side
Average
81 ft 25 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Theodore spans about 141 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
81 ft25 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side
170 ft50 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side
29 ft9 m
Airport (MOB)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 8.8 mi north of the CDP boundary
219 ft67 m
Average of all land81 ft25 m

Elevation profile, south to north

3.5 mi south to north through the middle of Theodore.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Theodore, Alabama, shaded from 29 ft on the southeast side to 170 ft on the northwest side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Mobile County, Alabama, United States
Population
6,270 2020 Census
Land area
8.0 sq mi
Density
786 per sq mi
Coordinates
30.5421° N, 88.1881° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Gulf of America
Airport
Mobile Regional (MOB) 219 ft
ZIP codes 1
36582
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Semmes210 ft
  2. Tillmans Corner140 ft
  3. Fairhope100 ft
  4. Grand Bay82 ft
  5. Theodore81 ft
  6. Mobile74 ft
  7. Prichard39 ft
  8. Chickasaw32 ft
  9. Point Clear25 ft
  10. Belle Fontaine20 ft
  11. Bayou La Batre10 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

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.
  • Theodore 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.