Columbia, MS Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Columbia, Mississippi, shaded from 120 ft on the southwest side to 310 ft on the east side
Elevation
310 ft 95 m260 ft 80 m240 ft 75 m190 ft 60 m140 ft 45 m120 ft 35 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.
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

Columbia sits at about 160 ft (50 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
160 ft 50 m
most residents: 150–210 ft
Lowest
120 ft 35 m
on the southwest side
Highest
310 ft 95 m
on the east side
Average
180 ft 55 m
all land inside city limits

Columbia spans about 190 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
160 ft50 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the east side
310 ft95 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southwest side
120 ft35 m
Town center
USGS map point for Columbia
150 ft45 m
Airport (0R0)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 1.4 mi northeast of the city limits
270 ft82 m
Average of all land180 ft55 m

Elevation profile, west to east

4.0 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Columbia, Mississippi, shaded from 120 ft on the southwest side to 310 ft on the east side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in Marion County, Mississippi, United States
Population
6,534 2024 est.
Land area
11.1 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
588 per sq mi
Coordinates
31.2518° N, 89.8376° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Pearl River → Gulf of America
Airport
Columbia/Marion County (0R0) 270 ft
ZIP codes 1
39429
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Bassfield450 ft
  2. Oak Grove380 ft
  3. Baxterville380 ft
  4. Kokomo370 ft
  5. Prentiss360 ft
  6. Tylertown300 ft
  7. Sumrall290 ft
  8. Columbia160 ft
  9. Foxworth160 ft
  10. Angie, LA150 ft
  11. Varnado, LA130 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Red Hill, Marion County380 ft
  • Hub HIll370 ft
  • Stony Point Hill350 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.