Hernando, MS Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Hernando, Mississippi, shaded from 230 ft on the northwest side to 400 ft near the middle
Elevation
400 ft 125 m360 ft 110 m340 ft 105 m300 ft 90 m250 ft 80 m230 ft 70 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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.
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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

Hernando sits at about 340 ft (105 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
340 ft 105 m
most residents: 290–380 ft
Lowest
230 ft 70 m
on the northwest side
Highest
400 ft 125 m
near the middle
Average
320 ft 95 m
all land inside city limits

Hernando 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
340 ft105 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, near the middle
400 ft125 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the northwest side
230 ft70 m
Town center
USGS map point for Hernando
380 ft115 m
Airport (MEM)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 9.5 mi north of the city limits
341 ft104 m
Average of all land320 ft95 m

Elevation profile, west to east

4.5 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Hernando, Mississippi, shaded from 230 ft on the northwest side to 400 ft near the middle
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in DeSoto County, Mississippi, United States
Population
18,542 2024 est.
Land area
25.6 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
725 per sq mi
Coordinates
34.8240° N, 89.9937° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Coldwater River → Yazoo River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Frederick W Smith International/Memphis (MEM) 341 ft
ZIP codes 2
38632 38651
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Olive Branch380 ft
  2. Bridgetown370 ft
  3. Hernando340 ft
  4. Southaven340 ft
  5. Independence330 ft
  6. Lynchburg300 ft
  7. Horn Lake290 ft
  8. Arkabutla280 ft
  9. Eudora280 ft
  10. Coldwater250 ft
  11. Walls210 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

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, 230 ft at 34.8707° N, 90.0487° 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.