Craighead County, AR Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Craighead County, Arkansas, shaded from 210 ft on the southeast side to 510 ft on the north side
Elevation
510 ft 155 m430 ft 135 m400 ft 120 m320 ft 100 m250 ft 75 m210 ft 65 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Craighead County averages about 260 ft (80 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 210 ft on the southeast side to 510 ft on the north side.

Average elevation
260 ft 80 m
all land inside the county
Highest
510 ft 155 m
on the north side
Lowest
210 ft 65 m
on the southeast side

Craighead County spans about 300 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land260 ft80 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the north side
510 ft155 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
210 ft65 m

Elevation profile, south to north

18 mi south to north through Jonesboro.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Craighead County, Arkansas, shaded from 210 ft on the southeast side to 510 ft on the north side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Arkansas, United States
Population
115,852 2024 est.
Land area
707.2 sq mi + 5.5 sq mi water
Density
164 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Lawrence County310 ft
  2. Greene County310 ft
  3. Dunklin County, MO270 ft
  4. Craighead County260 ft
  5. Jackson County260 ft
  6. Mississippi County240 ft
  7. Poinsett County230 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 11 towns in Craighead County by typical elevation
  1. Jonesboro310 ft
  2. Brookland270 ft
  3. Bono270 ft
  4. Egypt250 ft
  5. Cash250 ft
  6. Monette240 ft
  7. Bowman230 ft
  8. Black Oak230 ft
  9. Lake City230 ft
  10. Bay230 ft
  11. Caraway230 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • 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, 210 ft at 35.7074° N, 90.5660° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.