Missouri Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Missouri, shaded from 220 ft on the southeast side to 1,770 ft on Taum Sauk Mountain
Elevation
1,770 ft 540 m1,380 ft 420 m1,190 ft 365 m800 ft 245 m420 ft 130 m230 ft 70 m
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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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State area
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Elevation Data

Missouri averages about 850 ft (260 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 220 ft on the southeast side to 1,770 ft on Taum Sauk Mountain.

Average elevation
850 ft 260 m
all land in Missouri
Highest
1,770 ft 540 m
on Taum Sauk Mountain
Lowest
220 ft 70 m
on the southeast side

Missouri spans about 1,550 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 land850 ft260 m
Highest point
In Missouri, on Taum Sauk Mountain (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
1,770 ft540 m
Lowest point
In Missouri, on the southeast side
220 ft70 m

Elevation profile, west to east

211 mi west to east through Kansas City.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Missouri, shaded from 220 ft on the southeast side to 1,770 ft on Taum Sauk Mountain
State boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
State in the West North Central division of the Midwest region, United States
Population
6,245,466 2024 est.
Land area
68,746.5 sq mi + 960.4 sq mi water
Density
91 per sq mi
Counties
114
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform regions
Ozark Plateaus 49%, Central Lowland 45%
Drains to
Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring states sharing a border, by average

  1. Nebraska2,610 ft
  2. Kansas1,920 ft
  3. Oklahoma1,310 ft
  4. Iowa1,070 ft
  5. Tennessee950 ft
  6. Missouri850 ft
  7. Kentucky830 ft
  8. Illinois630 ft
  9. Arkansas530 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • States in the United States32nd highest of 52

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Taum Sauk Mountain1,770 ft
  • Lead Hill, Wright County1,750 ft
  • Wildcat Mountain, Iron County1,750 ft
  • Buford Mountain1,740 ft
  • Russell Mountain, Iron County1,720 ft
All 114 counties by average elevation
  1. Webster County1,430 ft
  2. Wright County1,340 ft
  3. Barry County1,330 ft
  4. Texas County1,250 ft
  5. Christian County1,250 ft
  6. Lawrence County1,250 ft
  7. Greene County1,230 ft
  8. Dent County1,190 ft
  9. Stone County1,170 ft
  10. Laclede County1,150 ft
  11. Douglas County1,140 ft
  12. Newton County1,140 ft
  13. McDonald County1,110 ft
  14. Dallas County1,100 ft
  15. Iron County1,070 ft
  16. Howell County1,060 ft
  17. Nodaway County1,050 ft
  18. Polk County1,050 ft
  19. Dade County1,030 ft
  20. Worth County1,030 ft
  21. Phelps County1,000 ft
  22. Atchison County1,000 ft
  23. Jasper County1,000 ft
  24. Pulaski County990 ft
  25. Clinton County990 ft
  26. Andrew County980 ft
  27. Taney County980 ft
  28. Shannon County980 ft
  29. Harrison County970 ft
  30. Putnam County960 ft
  31. DeKalb County960 ft
  32. Mercer County960 ft
  33. Hickory County950 ft
  34. Barton County950 ft
  35. Gentry County950 ft
  36. Reynolds County950 ft
  37. Holt County940 ft
  38. Washington County940 ft
  39. Buchanan County930 ft
  40. Crawford County930 ft
  41. Sullivan County930 ft
  42. St. Francois County920 ft
  43. Ozark County910 ft
  44. Cass County910 ft
  45. Cedar County910 ft
  46. Platte County900 ft
  47. Adair County890 ft
  48. Morgan County890 ft
  49. Schuyler County890 ft
  50. Maries County890 ft
  51. Caldwell County890 ft
  52. Jackson County890 ft
  53. Camden County890 ft
  54. Clay County880 ft
  55. Benton County870 ft
  56. Daviess County870 ft
  57. Bates County840 ft
  58. Grundy County840 ft
  59. Ray County830 ft
  60. Pettis County830 ft
  61. St. Clair County830 ft
  62. Johnson County830 ft
  63. Vernon County830 ft
  64. Macon County820 ft
  65. Linn County810 ft
  66. Madison County810 ft
  67. Henry County800 ft
  68. Lafayette County800 ft
  69. Audrain County800 ft
  70. Moniteau County800 ft
  71. Randolph County790 ft
  72. Miller County790 ft
  73. Gasconade County780 ft
  74. Boone County770 ft
  75. Knox County770 ft
  76. Oregon County770 ft
  77. Livingston County760 ft
  78. Callaway County760 ft
  79. Scotland County760 ft
  80. Shelby County750 ft
  81. Cooper County740 ft
  82. Carroll County740 ft
  83. Montgomery County740 ft
  84. Monroe County730 ft
  85. Carter County730 ft
  86. Osage County720 ft
  87. Saline County720 ft
  88. Warren County720 ft
  89. Howard County710 ft
  90. Chariton County700 ft
  91. Cole County690 ft
  92. Ste. Genevieve County690 ft
  93. Ralls County680 ft
  94. Franklin County670 ft
  95. Pike County670 ft
  96. Clark County650 ft
  97. Lewis County630 ft
  98. Jefferson County630 ft
  99. Marion County620 ft
  100. Lincoln County610 ft
  101. Bollinger County590 ft
  102. Wayne County580 ft
  103. St. Louis County550 ft
  104. Perry County550 ft
  105. St. Charles County540 ft
  106. Ripley County520 ft
  107. Cape Girardeau County460 ft
  108. Butler County380 ft
  109. Scott County340 ft
  110. Stoddard County340 ft
  111. Mississippi County310 ft
  112. New Madrid County280 ft
  113. Dunklin County270 ft
  114. Pemiscot County260 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census state boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 8 arc-second (≈810 ft, 247 m) grid, coarsened from 1 arc-second so the whole area fits one run. Land means the boundary minus Census area water (on this grid, water areas of at least half a cell).
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 highest grid cells; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. Lowest: the lowest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 lowest grid cells; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring states 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 state 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).
  • Counties: each one's average on its own grid (1 arc-second, coarser for the largest), the same figure its own page shows.
  • 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.