Clay City, KY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Clay City, Kentucky, shaded from 600 ft on the west side to 800 ft on the west side
Elevation
800 ft 245 m750 ft 230 m730 ft 220 m680 ft 205 m620 ft 190 m600 ft 185 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Clay City sits at about 630 ft (190 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
630 ft 190 m
most residents: 620–630 ft
Lowest
600 ft 185 m
on the west side
Highest
800 ft 245 m
on the west side
Average
630 ft 190 m
all land inside city limits

Clay City spans about 200 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
630 ft190 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the west side
800 ft245 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the west side
600 ft185 m
Town center
USGS map point for Clay City
630 ft190 m
Average of all land630 ft190 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.2 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Clay City, Kentucky, shaded from 600 ft on the west side to 800 ft on the west side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in Powell County, Kentucky, United States
Population
1,176 2024 est.
Land area
1.1 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
1,110 per sq mi
Coordinates
37.8592° N, 83.9185° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Interior Low Plateaus
Drains to
Kentucky River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
40312
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Mount Sterling1,000 ft
  2. Winchester980 ft
  3. Owingsville960 ft
  4. Richmond940 ft
  5. Camargo900 ft
  6. Frenchburg860 ft
  7. Jeffersonville840 ft
  8. Irvine680 ft
  9. Ravenna660 ft
  10. Stanton650 ft
  11. Clay City630 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Morris Mountain1,440 ft
  • White Rock Mountain1,300 ft
  • Stevens Knob1,100 ft
  • Kit Point1,060 ft
  • Ware Point1,010 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.