Benton, KY Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
530 ft 165 m490 ft 150 m470 ft 140 m420 ft 130 m380 ft 115 m360 ft 110 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- 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.
- Click or tap anywhere
- The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
- Measure
- Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
- City area
- Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Benton sits at about 430 ft (130 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
430 ft 130 m
most residents: 380–490 ft
Lowest
360 ft 110 m
on the north side
Highest
530 ft 165 m
on the southwest side
Average
450 ft 135 m
all land inside city limits
Benton spans about 170 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 430 ft130 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the southwest side | 530 ft165 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the north side | 360 ft110 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Benton | 430 ft130 m |
| Average of all land | 450 ft135 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
4.0 mi south to north through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Marshall County, Kentucky, United States
- Population
- 4,726 2024 est.
- Land area
- 5.1 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
- Density
- 927 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 36.8573° N, 88.3503° W
- Time zone
- Central UTC−6 / −5
- Landform region
- Coastal Plain
- Drains to
- Clarks River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- ZIP codes 1
- 42025
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Farmington540 ft
- Dexter430 ft
- Hickory430 ft
- Benton430 ft
- Grand Rivers430 ft
- Hardin410 ft
- Symsonia400 ft
- Reidland390 ft
- Calvert City380 ft
- Gilbertsville350 ft
- Ledbetter340 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Kentucky496th highest of 552
- Towns in Marshall Countyhighest of 4
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Stillhouse Hill540 ft
- Danner Hill520 ft
- Sinkhole Hill510 ft
- Waller Hill480 ft
- Chestnut Hill470 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.