Alma, AR Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Alma, Arkansas, shaded from 400 ft on the south side to 870 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
870 ft 265 m750 ft 230 m690 ft 210 m580 ft 175 m460 ft 140 m400 ft 125 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

Alma sits at about 450 ft (135 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
450 ft 135 m
most residents: 420–560 ft
Lowest
400 ft 125 m
on the south side
Highest
870 ft 265 m
on the northeast side
Average
500 ft 155 m
all land inside city limits

Alma spans about 470 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
450 ft135 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the northeast side
870 ft265 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the south side
400 ft125 m
Town center
USGS map point for Alma
430 ft130 m
Airport (FSM)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 12 mi southwest of the city limits
469 ft143 m
Average of all land500 ft155 m

Elevation profile, south to north

2.6 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Alma, Arkansas, shaded from 400 ft on the south side to 870 ft on the northeast side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
City in Crawford County, Arkansas, United States
Population
6,017 2024 est.
Land area
5.7 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
Density
1,050 per sq mi
Coordinates
35.4779° N, 94.2219° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Ouachita
Drains to
Arkansas River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Fort Smith Regional (FSM) 469 ft
ZIP codes 1
72921
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Cedarville980 ft
  2. Mountainburg800 ft
  3. Rudy700 ft
  4. Van Buren490 ft
  5. Barling480 ft
  6. Kibler450 ft
  7. Alma450 ft
  8. Central City430 ft
  9. Mulberry420 ft
  10. Dyer420 ft
  11. Lavaca420 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Signal Hill2,720 ft
  • Poteau Mountain2,670 ft
  • Sugar Loaf Mountain2,570 ft
  • Petit Jean Mountain2,440 ft
  • Cavanal Mountain2,380 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).
  • 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.