Jefferson County, AR Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Jefferson County, Arkansas, shaded from 160 ft on the southeast side to 520 ft on the west side
Elevation
520 ft 160 m430 ft 130 m380 ft 115 m300 ft 90 m210 ft 65 m160 ft 50 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

Jefferson County averages about 220 ft (70 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 160 ft on the southeast side to 520 ft on the west side.

Average elevation
220 ft 70 m
all land inside the county
Highest
520 ft 160 m
on the west side
Lowest
160 ft 50 m
on the southeast side

Jefferson County spans about 360 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 land220 ft70 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the west side
520 ft160 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
160 ft50 m

Elevation profile, west to east

37 mi west to east through Pine Bluff.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Jefferson County, Arkansas, shaded from 160 ft on the southeast side to 520 ft on the west side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Arkansas, United States
Population
63,672 2024 est.
Land area
872.3 sq mi + 43.7 sq mi water
Density
73 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. Pulaski County340 ft
  2. Grant County260 ft
  3. Lonoke County230 ft
  4. Jefferson County220 ft
  5. Lincoln County200 ft
  6. Cleveland County200 ft
  7. Arkansas County180 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Miller Hill (historical)450 ft
  • Jennings Hill430 ft
  • Sanders Hill420 ft
  • Gum Springs Hill420 ft
  • Harris Mountains320 ft
All 9 towns in Jefferson County by typical elevation
  1. Redfield310 ft
  2. Sulphur Springs300 ft
  3. White Hall280 ft
  4. Pine Bluff230 ft
  5. Tucker220 ft
  6. Sherrill210 ft
  7. Altheimer200 ft
  8. Wabbaseka200 ft
  9. Humphrey partly190 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, 160 ft at 34.0779° N, 91.4665° 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.