West Jefferson, AL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of West Jefferson, Alabama, shaded from 250 ft on the southeast side to 530 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
530 ft 160 m460 ft 140 m430 ft 130 m360 ft 110 m290 ft 90 m250 ft 80 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

West Jefferson sits at about 400 ft (120 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
400 ft 120 m
most residents: 290–430 ft
Lowest
250 ft 80 m
on the southeast side
Highest
530 ft 160 m
on the southeast side
Average
380 ft 115 m
all land inside town limits

West Jefferson 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
400 ft120 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the southeast side
530 ft160 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the southeast side
250 ft80 m
Town center
USGS map point for West Jefferson
410 ft125 m
Average of all land380 ft115 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.8 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of West Jefferson, Alabama, shaded from 250 ft on the southeast side to 530 ft on the southeast side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Town in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States
Population
477 2024 est.
Land area
1.9 sq mi
Density
255 per sq mi
Coordinates
33.6493° N, 87.0686° 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 2
35062 35130
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Sylvan Springs620 ft
  2. Maytown620 ft
  3. Adamsville590 ft
  4. Graysville560 ft
  5. Mulga550 ft
  6. Sumiton470 ft
  7. Brookside440 ft
  8. Dora420 ft
  9. West Jefferson400 ft
  10. Cardiff370 ft
  11. Cordova340 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Crocker Mountain740 ft
  • York Mountain, Jefferson County730 ft
  • Crocker Hill710 ft
  • Riceston Hill570 ft
  • Turkey Hill510 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.