Lyon, MS Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lyon, Mississippi, shaded from 160 ft on the southwest side to 170 ft near the middle
Elevation
190 ft 60 m180 ft 55 m180 ft 55 m170 ft 50 m160 ft 50 m160 ft 50 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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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Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Lyon sits at about 170 ft (50 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
170 ft 50 m
nearly all residents at this height
Lowest
160 ft 50 m
on the southwest side
Highest
170 ft 55 m
near the middle
Average
170 ft 50 m
all land inside town limits

Lyon is nearly flat: its ground varies by only about 10 ft, so the figures below sit close together.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
170 ft50 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, near the middle
170 ft55 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the southwest side
160 ft50 m
Town center
USGS map point for Lyon
170 ft55 m
Airport (CKM)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 5.4 mi north of the town limits
173 ft53 m
Average of all land170 ft50 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lyon, Mississippi, shaded from 160 ft on the southwest side to 170 ft near the middle
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Town in Coahoma County, Mississippi, United States
Population
271 2024 est.
Land area
0.5 sq mi
Density
562 per sq mi
Coordinates
34.2179° N, 90.5420° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Big Sunflower River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Fletcher Field (CKM) 173 ft
ZIP codes 1
38645
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Coahoma180 ft
  2. Friars Point180 ft
  3. Lyon170 ft
  4. Jonestown170 ft
  5. Clarksdale170 ft
  6. Farrell160 ft
  7. Bobo160 ft
  8. Lambert160 ft
  9. Dublin160 ft
  10. Rena Lara160 ft
  11. Alligator160 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town 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 town 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.