Trafford, AL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Trafford, Alabama, shaded from 320 ft on the northwest side to 600 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
600 ft 185 m530 ft 160 m490 ft 150 m420 ft 130 m350 ft 105 m320 ft 95 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
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

Trafford sits at about 490 ft (150 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
490 ft 150 m
most residents: 320–540 ft
Lowest
320 ft 95 m
on the northwest side
Highest
600 ft 185 m
on the northwest side
Average
470 ft 140 m
all land inside town limits

Trafford spans about 280 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
490 ft150 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the northwest side
600 ft185 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the northwest side
320 ft95 m
Town center
USGS map point for Trafford
490 ft150 m
Average of all land470 ft140 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.9 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Trafford, Alabama, shaded from 320 ft on the northwest side to 600 ft on the northwest side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Town in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States
Population
599 2024 est.
Land area
2.7 sq mi
Density
218 per sq mi
Coordinates
33.8182° N, 86.7428° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Locust Fork → Black Warrior River → Tombigbee River → Mobile River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
35172
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Remlap920 ft
  2. Pinson760 ft
  3. Smoke Rise670 ft
  4. Locust Fork590 ft
  5. Hayden590 ft
  6. County Line540 ft
  7. Nectar520 ft
  8. Trafford490 ft
  9. Warrior490 ft
  10. Kimberly470 ft
  11. Morris430 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Cheaha Mountain2,413 ft
  • Morton Hill2,070 ft
  • Bryant Mountain1,160 ft
  • Thomas Mountain, Blount County950 ft
  • Hayden Mountain890 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.