Starkville, MS Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Starkville, Mississippi, shaded from 210 ft on the northwest side to 410 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
410 ft 125 m360 ft 110 m340 ft 100 m290 ft 85 m240 ft 70 m210 ft 65 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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

Starkville sits at about 330 ft (100 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
330 ft 100 m
most residents: 300–370 ft
Lowest
210 ft 65 m
on the northwest side
Highest
410 ft 125 m
on the northeast side
Average
310 ft 95 m
all land inside city limits

Starkville spans about 200 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
330 ft100 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the northeast side
410 ft125 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the northwest side
210 ft65 m
Town center
USGS map point for Starkville
330 ft100 m
Airport (GTR)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 8.8 mi east of the city limits
264 ft80 m
Average of all land310 ft95 m

Elevation profile, west to east

3.5 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Starkville, Mississippi, shaded from 210 ft on the northwest side to 410 ft on the northeast side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, United States
Population
25,844 2024 est.
Land area
27.8 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
931 per sq mi
Coordinates
33.4504° N, 88.8184° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Noxubee River → Tombigbee River → Mobile River → Gulf of America
Airport
Golden Triangle Regional (GTR) 264 ft
ZIP codes 1
39759
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Maben450 ft
  2. Mathiston420 ft
  3. Mississippi State360 ft
  4. Sturgis350 ft
  5. Starkville330 ft
  6. Crawford310 ft
  7. Longview310 ft
  8. Pheba280 ft
  9. Brooksville270 ft
  10. Artesia240 ft
  11. West Point230 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Reid Hill420 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.