Tunica County, MS Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Tunica County, Mississippi, shaded from 150 ft on the south side to 320 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
320 ft 100 m280 ft 85 m260 ft 80 m220 ft 65 m170 ft 50 m150 ft 45 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
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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Tunica County averages about 180 ft (55 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 150 ft on the south side to 320 ft on the northeast side.

Average elevation
180 ft 55 m
all land inside the county
Highest
320 ft 100 m
on the northeast side
Lowest
150 ft 45 m
on the south side

Tunica County spans about 170 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 land180 ft55 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
320 ft100 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the south side
150 ft45 m

Elevation profile, west to east

15 mi west to east through Tunica Resorts.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Tunica County, Mississippi, shaded from 150 ft on the south side to 320 ft on the northeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Mississippi, United States
Population
9,157 2024 est.
Land area
454.1 sq mi + 22.0 sq mi water
Density
20 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. Tate County300 ft
  2. DeSoto County290 ft
  3. Panola County280 ft
  4. Crittenden County, AR210 ft
  5. Lee County, AR200 ft
  6. Tunica County180 ft
  7. Phillips County, AR180 ft
  8. Coahoma County160 ft
  9. Quitman County160 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 6 towns in Tunica County by typical elevation
  1. Tunica Resorts200 ft
  2. North Tunica190 ft
  3. Austin190 ft
  4. Tunica190 ft
  5. White Oak180 ft
  6. Dundee180 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.
  • 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, 45 ft at 34.8171° N, 90.2163° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.