De Soto, MS Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of De Soto, Mississippi, shaded from 180 ft on the southeast side to 310 ft on the west side
Elevation
310 ft 95 m280 ft 85 m260 ft 80 m230 ft 70 m200 ft 60 m180 ft 55 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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

De Soto sits at about 220 ft (70 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
220 ft 70 m
most residents: 210–260 ft
Lowest
180 ft 55 m
on the southeast side
Highest
310 ft 95 m
on the west side
Average
220 ft 70 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

De Soto spans about 130 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
220 ft70 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side
310 ft95 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side
180 ft55 m
Town center
USGS map point for De Soto
210 ft65 m
Airport (23M)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.8 mi north of the CDP boundary
321 ft98 m
Average of all land220 ft70 m

Elevation profile, west to east

2.2 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of De Soto, Mississippi, shaded from 180 ft on the southeast side to 310 ft on the west side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Clarke County, Mississippi, United States
Population
274 2020 Census
Land area
3.8 sq mi
Density
72 per sq mi
Coordinates
31.9738° N, 88.7134° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Chickasawhay River → Pascagoula River → Gulf of America
Airport
Clarke County (23M) 321 ft
ZIP codes 1
39360
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Heidelberg340 ft
  2. Pachuta280 ft
  3. Sandersville280 ft
  4. Enterprise260 ft
  5. Stonewall240 ft
  6. Quitman230 ft
  7. De Soto220 ft
  8. Shubuta190 ft
  9. Waynesboro190 ft
  10. Needham, AL160 ft
  11. Gilbertown, AL120 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (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.
  • De Soto is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.