Fayette, MS Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Fayette, Mississippi, shaded from 200 ft on the southwest side to 370 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
370 ft 110 m330 ft 100 m300 ft 95 m260 ft 80 m220 ft 70 m200 ft 60 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

Fayette sits at about 270 ft (80 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
270 ft 80 m
most residents: 250–290 ft
Lowest
200 ft 60 m
on the southwest side
Highest
370 ft 110 m
on the northeast side
Average
270 ft 80 m
all land inside city limits

Fayette spans about 170 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
270 ft80 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the northeast side
370 ft110 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southwest side
200 ft60 m
Town center
USGS map point for Fayette
290 ft90 m
Average of all land270 ft80 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.5 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Fayette, Mississippi, shaded from 200 ft on the southwest side to 370 ft on the northeast side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Jefferson County, Mississippi, United States
Population
1,342 2024 est.
Land area
1.2 sq mi
Density
1,141 per sq mi
Coordinates
31.7116° N, 91.0607° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
39069
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Meadville310 ft
  2. Fayette270 ft
  3. Alcorn State University250 ft
  4. Bude240 ft
  5. Roxie230 ft
  6. Hermanville220 ft
  7. Pattison180 ft
  8. Morgantown170 ft
  9. Port Gibson120 ft
  10. St. Joseph, LA70 ft
  11. Waterproof, LA66 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Blue Hill, Jefferson County470 ft
  • Petit Gulf Hills280 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).
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 200 ft at 31.7026° N, 91.0771° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.