Fort Gaines, GA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Fort Gaines, Georgia, shaded from 120 ft on the northwest side to 400 ft near the middle
Elevation
400 ft 125 m330 ft 100 m290 ft 90 m220 ft 70 m150 ft 45 m120 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
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City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Fort Gaines sits at about 240 ft (75 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
240 ft 75 m
most residents: 200–270 ft
Lowest
120 ft 35 m
on the northwest side
Highest
400 ft 120 m
near the middle
Average
210 ft 65 m
all land inside city limits

Fort Gaines spans about 280 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
240 ft75 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, near the middle
400 ft120 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the northwest side
120 ft35 m
Town center
USGS map point for Fort Gaines
230 ft70 m
Average of all land210 ft65 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.3 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Fort Gaines, Georgia, shaded from 120 ft on the northwest side to 400 ft near the middle
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in Clay County, Georgia, United States
Population
978 2024 est.
Land area
4.8 sq mi + 2.9 sq mi water
Density
205 per sq mi
Coordinates
31.6091° N, 85.0472° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Chattahoochee River → Apalachicola River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
39851
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Bakerhill, AL510 ft
  2. Cuthbert460 ft
  3. Coleman410 ft
  4. Abbeville, AL410 ft
  5. Haleburg, AL320 ft
  6. Bluffton320 ft
  7. Edison290 ft
  8. Georgetown-Quitman County290 ft
  9. Eufaula, AL270 ft
  10. Blakely260 ft
  11. Fort Gaines240 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Johnny Moore Hill490 ft
  • River Hill310 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city 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 city 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.