South Shore, KY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of South Shore, Kentucky, shaded from 490 ft on the west side to 830 ft on the south side
Elevation
830 ft 255 m740 ft 225 m700 ft 215 m620 ft 190 m530 ft 165 m490 ft 150 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
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City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

South Shore sits at about 540 ft (165 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
540 ft 165 m
most residents: 530–580 ft
Lowest
490 ft 150 m
on the west side
Highest
830 ft 255 m
on the south side
Average
550 ft 170 m
all land inside city limits

South Shore spans about 340 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
540 ft165 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the south side
830 ft255 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the west side
490 ft150 m
Town center
USGS map point for South Shore
550 ft165 m
Average of all land550 ft170 m

Elevation profile, south to north

0.7 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of South Shore, Kentucky, shaded from 490 ft on the west side to 830 ft on the south side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
City in Greenup County, Kentucky, United States
Population
1,042 2024 est.
Land area
0.7 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
Density
1,480 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.7209° N, 82.9582° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
41175
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Clay Township, Scioto County, OH830 ft
  2. Rosemount, OH830 ft
  3. Wheelersburg, OH670 ft
  4. Porter Township, OH650 ft
  5. Sciotodale, OH650 ft
  6. Washington Township, Scioto County, OH650 ft
  7. West Portsmouth, OH620 ft
  8. Portsmouth, OH560 ft
  9. Friendship, OH550 ft
  10. South Shore540 ft
  11. New Boston, OH530 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Round Top1,200 ft
  • Negro Hill, Lewis County1,200 ft
  • Lost Hill, Lewis County1,050 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.