Salem, GA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Salem, Georgia, shaded from 370 ft on the south side to 620 ft on the north side
Elevation
620 ft 190 m560 ft 170 m530 ft 160 m460 ft 140 m400 ft 120 m370 ft 110 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
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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Salem sits at about 460 ft (140 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
460 ft 140 m
most residents: 440–530 ft
Lowest
370 ft 110 m
on the south side
Highest
620 ft 190 m
on the north side
Average
480 ft 145 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Salem spans about 250 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
460 ft140 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the north side
620 ft190 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the south side
370 ft110 m
Town center
USGS map point for Salem
500 ft150 m
Average of all land480 ft145 m

Elevation profile, south to north

3.0 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Salem, Georgia, shaded from 370 ft on the south side to 620 ft on the north side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Upson County, Georgia, United States
Population
307 2020 Census
Land area
8.8 sq mi
Density
35 per sq mi
Coordinates
32.7587° N, 84.1877° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Flint River → Apalachicola River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
31016
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. The Rock780 ft
  2. Yatesville740 ft
  3. Thomaston730 ft
  4. Lincoln Park700 ft
  5. Culloden670 ft
  6. Butler620 ft
  7. Musella580 ft
  8. Roberta480 ft
  9. Salem460 ft
  10. Knoxville430 ft
  11. Reynolds420 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Kings Mountain980 ft
  • Davis Hill, Upson County749 ft
  • Gulf Mountain, Talbot County730 ft
  • Ten Acre Rock640 ft
  • Snipes Grave Rock600 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (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.
  • Salem is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.