Lee County, MS Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lee County, Mississippi, shaded from 210 ft on the south side to 520 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
520 ft 160 m440 ft 135 m400 ft 125 m320 ft 100 m250 ft 75 m210 ft 65 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Lee County averages about 330 ft (100 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 210 ft on the south side to 520 ft on the northeast side.

Average elevation
330 ft 100 m
all land inside the county
Highest
520 ft 160 m
on the northeast side
Lowest
210 ft 65 m
on the south side

Lee County spans about 310 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land330 ft100 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
520 ft160 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the south side
210 ft65 m

Elevation profile, south to north

29 mi south to north through Tupelo.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lee County, Mississippi, shaded from 210 ft on the south side to 520 ft on the northeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Mississippi, United States
Population
83,012 2024 est.
Land area
450.0 sq mi + 3.2 sq mi water
Density
184 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Prentiss County430 ft
  2. Union County410 ft
  3. Pontotoc County400 ft
  4. Itawamba County380 ft
  5. Chickasaw County330 ft
  6. Lee County330 ft
  7. Monroe County280 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 10 towns in Lee County by typical elevation
  1. Guntown380 ft
  2. Mooreville370 ft
  3. Baldwyn partly370 ft
  4. Sherman partly360 ft
  5. Saltillo330 ft
  6. Tupelo310 ft
  7. Verona310 ft
  8. Plantersville270 ft
  9. Shannon260 ft
  10. Nettleton partly250 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.