Scottdale, GA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Scottdale, Georgia, shaded from 910 ft on the east side to 1,070 ft on the south side
Elevation
1,070 ft 325 m1,030 ft 315 m1,010 ft 310 m970 ft 295 m930 ft 285 m910 ft 275 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

Scottdale sits at about 980 ft (300 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
980 ft 300 m
most residents: 940–1,030 ft
Lowest
910 ft 275 m
on the east side
Highest
1,070 ft 325 m
on the south side
Average
990 ft 300 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Scottdale spans about 160 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
980 ft300 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the south side
1,070 ft325 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side
910 ft275 m
Town center
USGS map point for Scottdale
1,030 ft315 m
Airport (ATL)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 13 mi southwest of the CDP boundary
1,026 ft313 m
Average of all land990 ft300 m

Elevation profile, south to north

2.1 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Scottdale, Georgia, shaded from 910 ft on the east side to 1,070 ft on the south side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in DeKalb County, Georgia, United States
Population
10,698 2020 Census
Land area
3.3 sq mi
Density
3,215 per sq mi
Coordinates
33.7898° N, 84.2641° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
South River → Ocmulgee River → Altamaha River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International (ATL) 1,026 ft
ZIP codes 4
30021 30030 30033 30079
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Tucker1,040 ft
  2. Avondale Estates1,030 ft
  3. Decatur1,010 ft
  4. Clarkston990 ft
  5. Scottdale980 ft
  6. North Decatur980 ft
  7. Pine Lake970 ft
  8. Belvedere Park970 ft
  9. North Druid Hills940 ft
  10. Druid Hills930 ft
  11. Candler-McAfee930 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Burnt Mountain3,280 ft
  • Pine Log Mountain2,338 ft
  • Stone Mountain1,683 ft
  • Leggetts Hill (historical)1,060 ft
  • Druid Hill1,020 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).
  • 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, 910 ft at 33.7860° N, 84.2471° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.
  • Scottdale 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.