Houston, MS Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Houston, Mississippi, shaded from 280 ft on the east side to 390 ft on the east side
Elevation
390 ft 120 m360 ft 110 m350 ft 105 m320 ft 100 m290 ft 90 m280 ft 85 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

Houston sits at about 330 ft (100 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
330 ft 100 m
most residents: 310–350 ft
Lowest
280 ft 85 m
on the east side
Highest
390 ft 120 m
on the east side
Average
330 ft 100 m
all land inside city limits

Houston spans about 110 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
330 ft100 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the east side
390 ft120 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the east side
280 ft85 m
Town center
USGS map point for Houston
360 ft110 m
Airport (M44)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
337 ft103 m
Average of all land330 ft100 m

Elevation profile, west to east

3.5 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Houston, Mississippi, shaded from 280 ft on the east side to 390 ft on the east side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Chickasaw County, Mississippi, United States
Population
3,702 2024 est.
Land area
7.4 sq mi
Density
502 per sq mi
Coordinates
33.8984° N, 88.9992° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Houlka Creek → Tibbee Creek → Tombigbee River → Mobile River → Gulf of America
Airport
Houston Municipal (M44) 337 ft
ZIP codes 1
38851
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Algoma410 ft
  2. Mantee370 ft
  3. New Houlka370 ft
  4. Pittsboro350 ft
  5. Van Vleet350 ft
  6. Houston330 ft
  7. Woodland330 ft
  8. Okolona320 ft
  9. Vardaman300 ft
  10. Derma280 ft
  11. Calhoun City270 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Johnny Main Mountain540 ft
  • Witch Dance Hill540 ft
  • Ross Hill510 ft
  • Reid Hill420 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.