Desha County, AR Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Desha County, Arkansas, shaded from 110 ft on the south side to 200 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
200 ft 60 m180 ft 55 m170 ft 50 m150 ft 45 m120 ft 35 m110 ft 35 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

Desha County averages about 150 ft (45 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 110 ft on the south side to 200 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
150 ft 45 m
all land inside the county
Highest
200 ft 60 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
110 ft 35 m
on the south side

Desha County spans about 90 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 land150 ft45 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
200 ft60 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the south side
110 ft35 m

Elevation profile, west to east

29 mi west to east through Dumas.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Desha County, Arkansas, shaded from 110 ft on the south side to 200 ft on the northwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Arkansas, United States
Population
10,321 2024 est.
Land area
741.2 sq mi + 71.5 sq mi water
Density
14 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. Lincoln County200 ft
  2. Arkansas County180 ft
  3. Drew County180 ft
  4. Phillips County180 ft
  5. Desha County150 ft
  6. Bolivar County, MS140 ft
  7. Chicot County120 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 8 towns in Desha County by typical elevation
  1. Dumas160 ft
  2. Mitchellville160 ft
  3. Watson150 ft
  4. Tillar partly150 ft
  5. Reed150 ft
  6. McGehee140 ft
  7. Arkansas City140 ft
  8. Halley140 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, 110 ft at 33.5671° N, 91.2535° 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.