Dawson Springs, KY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Dawson Springs, Kentucky, shaded from 380 ft on the southwest side to 560 ft on Purdy Hill
Elevation
560 ft 170 m520 ft 160 m500 ft 150 m450 ft 135 m400 ft 125 m380 ft 115 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

Dawson Springs 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: 390–480 ft
Lowest
380 ft 115 m
on the southwest side
Highest
560 ft 170 m
on Purdy Hill
Average
430 ft 130 m
all land inside city limits

Dawson Springs spans about 180 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
430 ft130 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on Purdy Hill
560 ft170 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southwest side
380 ft115 m
Town center
USGS map point for Dawson Springs
420 ft130 m
Average of all land430 ft130 m

Elevation profile, south to north

2.8 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Dawson Springs, Kentucky, shaded from 380 ft on the southwest side to 560 ft on Purdy Hill
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in Hopkins County, Kentucky, United States
Population
2,254 2024 est.
Land area
3.8 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
587 per sq mi
Coordinates
37.1673° N, 87.6925° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Interior Low Plateaus
Drains to
Tradewater River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
42408
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Crofton600 ft
  2. Cerulean510 ft
  3. St. Charles500 ft
  4. Princeton500 ft
  5. Madisonville460 ft
  6. Earlington450 ft
  7. Mortons Gap450 ft
  8. Manitou440 ft
  9. Dawson Springs430 ft
  10. Nortonville420 ft
  11. Nebo400 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Orange Hill660 ft
  • Nickson Hill600 ft
  • Section House Hill580 ft
  • Purdy Hill560 ft
  • The Big Hill540 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.