Scott County, MS Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Scott County, Mississippi, shaded from 300 ft on the northwest side to 630 ft on Walk Hill
Elevation
630 ft 190 m540 ft 165 m500 ft 155 m420 ft 130 m340 ft 105 m300 ft 90 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

Scott County averages about 420 ft (130 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 300 ft on the northwest side to 630 ft on Walk Hill.

Average elevation
420 ft 130 m
all land inside the county
Highest
630 ft 190 m
on Walk Hill
Lowest
300 ft 90 m
on the northwest side

Scott County spans about 330 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 land420 ft130 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Walk Hill
630 ft190 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
300 ft90 m

Elevation profile, south to north

24 mi south to north through Forest.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Scott County, Mississippi, shaded from 300 ft on the northwest side to 630 ft on Walk Hill
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Mississippi, United States
Population
27,666 2024 est.
Land area
609.2 sq mi + 1.2 sq mi water
Density
45 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. Newton County430 ft
  2. Scott County420 ft
  3. Leake County410 ft
  4. Smith County390 ft
  5. Rankin County360 ft
  6. Madison County280 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Walk Hill630 ft
  • Sherman Hill610 ft
  • Bald Hill, Scott County600 ft
  • Mathes Hill580 ft
  • Harrell Prairie Hill570 ft
All 6 towns in Scott County by typical elevation
  1. Morton470 ft
  2. Forest460 ft
  3. Lake450 ft
  4. Harperville430 ft
  5. Hillsboro430 ft
  6. Sebastopol410 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.
  • Highest ground: the single highest 3DEP cell, 630 ft at 32.3221° N, 89.6657° W, has no federal (GNIS) summit name within 980 ft (300 m), so the high point shown is the highest of the 25 highest cells with a GNIS summit within 1,640 ft (500 m).
  • 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.