Cottondale, FL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cottondale, Florida, shaded from 110 ft on the southeast side to 190 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
190 ft 60 m170 ft 50 m160 ft 50 m140 ft 45 m120 ft 35 m110 ft 35 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
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Cottondale sits at about 140 ft (40 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
140 ft 40 m
most residents: 120–140 ft
Lowest
110 ft 35 m
on the southeast side
Highest
190 ft 60 m
on the southeast side
Average
140 ft 45 m
all land inside town limits

Cottondale spans about 80 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
140 ft40 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the southeast side
190 ft60 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the southeast side
110 ft35 m
Town center
USGS map point for Cottondale
130 ft40 m
Average of all land140 ft45 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.2 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cottondale, Florida, shaded from 110 ft on the southeast side to 190 ft on the southeast side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Town in Jackson County, Florida, United States
Population
879 2024 est.
Land area
3.3 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
269 per sq mi
Coordinates
30.7971° N, 85.3766° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Chipola River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 2
32431 32446
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Madrid, AL170 ft
  2. Graceville160 ft
  3. Jacob City160 ft
  4. Campbellton150 ft
  5. Malone150 ft
  6. Marianna150 ft
  7. Cottondale140 ft
  8. Alford130 ft
  9. Greenwood120 ft
  10. Chipley99 ft
  11. Wausau80 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • High Hill320 ft
  • Falling Water Hill320 ft
  • Orange Hill300 ft
  • Nearing Hill170 ft
  • Sand Hill, Washington County160 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town 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 town 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); BTS time zones. All public domain.