Moorhead, MS Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Moorhead, Mississippi, shaded from 110 ft on the north side to 120 ft near the middle
Elevation
140 ft 40 m130 ft 40 m130 ft 40 m120 ft 35 m110 ft 35 m110 ft 30 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.
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City area
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Elevation Data

Moorhead sits at about 120 ft (35 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
120 ft 35 m
most residents: 110–120 ft
Lowest
110 ft 30 m
on the north side
Highest
120 ft 35 m
near the middle
Average
120 ft 35 m
all land inside city limits

Moorhead 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
120 ft35 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, near the middle
120 ft35 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the north side
110 ft30 m
Town center
USGS map point for Moorhead
120 ft35 m
Average of all land120 ft35 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Moorhead, Mississippi, shaded from 110 ft on the north side to 120 ft near the middle
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States
Population
1,764 2024 est.
Land area
1.3 sq mi
Density
1,362 per sq mi
Coordinates
33.4501° N, 90.5056° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Big Sunflower River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
38761
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Schlater130 ft
  2. Mississippi Valley State University130 ft
  3. Doddsville130 ft
  4. Itta Bena130 ft
  5. Sidon120 ft
  6. Morgan City120 ft
  7. Sunflower120 ft
  8. Indianola120 ft
  9. Inverness120 ft
  10. Moorhead120 ft
  11. Isola110 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, 110 ft at 33.4537° N, 90.5076° 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.