Howard County, AR Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Howard County, Arkansas, shaded from 260 ft on the south side to 1,670 ft on Big Tom Mountain
Elevation
1,670 ft 510 m1,310 ft 400 m1,140 ft 345 m790 ft 240 m430 ft 130 m260 ft 80 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
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
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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.
County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Howard County averages about 580 ft (175 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 260 ft on the south side to 1,670 ft on Big Tom Mountain.

Average elevation
580 ft 175 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,670 ft 510 m
on Big Tom Mountain
Lowest
260 ft 80 m
on the south side

Howard County spans about 1,410 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 land580 ft175 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Big Tom Mountain (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
1,670 ft510 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the south side
260 ft80 m

Elevation profile, south to north

30 mi south to north through Nashville.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Howard County, Arkansas, shaded from 260 ft on the south side to 1,670 ft on Big Tom Mountain
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
County in Arkansas, United States
Population
12,387 2024 est.
Land area
587.3 sq mi + 8.2 sq mi water
Density
21 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform regions
Coastal Plain 57%, Ouachita 43%
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. Polk County1,190 ft
  2. Pike County590 ft
  3. Howard County580 ft
  4. Sevier County430 ft
  5. Hempstead County340 ft
  6. Little River County320 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Big Tom Mountain1,670 ft
All 6 towns in Howard County by typical elevation
  1. Center Point620 ft
  2. Dierks460 ft
  3. Nashville400 ft
  4. Saratoga390 ft
  5. Tollette360 ft
  6. Mineral Springs340 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; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • 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.