Ripley, MS Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Ripley, Mississippi, shaded from 440 ft on the west side to 630 ft on the north side
Elevation
630 ft 190 m580 ft 175 m560 ft 170 m510 ft 155 m460 ft 140 m440 ft 135 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
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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

Ripley sits at about 500 ft (155 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
500 ft 155 m
most residents: 480–550 ft
Lowest
440 ft 135 m
on the west side
Highest
630 ft 190 m
on the north side
Average
520 ft 155 m
all land inside city limits

Ripley spans about 190 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
500 ft155 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the north side
630 ft190 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the west side
440 ft135 m
Town center
USGS map point for Ripley
490 ft150 m
Airport (25M)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 1.2 mi west of the city limits
467 ft142 m
Average of all land520 ft155 m

Elevation profile, south to north

3.5 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Ripley, Mississippi, shaded from 440 ft on the west side to 630 ft on the north side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Tippah County, Mississippi, United States
Population
5,359 2024 est.
Land area
11.4 sq mi
Density
469 per sq mi
Coordinates
34.7298° N, 88.9506° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Tippah River → Little Tallahatchie River → Yazoo River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Ripley (25M) 467 ft
ZIP codes 1
38663
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Ashland620 ft
  2. Dumas610 ft
  3. Jumpertown550 ft
  4. Ripley500 ft
  5. Blue Mountain480 ft
  6. Falkner480 ft
  7. Chalybeate470 ft
  8. Walnut450 ft
  9. Hickory Flat410 ft
  10. Myrtle400 ft
  11. New Albany380 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Wicker Mountain740 ft
  • Lindsey Mountain690 ft
  • Kelley Hill640 ft
  • Bald Knob640 ft
  • Banana Hill600 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.