Alma, MO Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Alma, Missouri, shaded from 770 ft on the southwest side to 820 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
820 ft 250 m810 ft 245 m800 ft 245 m790 ft 240 m780 ft 240 m770 ft 235 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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

Alma sits at about 810 ft (245 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
810 ft 245 m
most residents: 800–820 ft
Lowest
770 ft 235 m
on the southwest side
Highest
820 ft 250 m
on the northwest side
Average
800 ft 245 m
all land inside city limits

Alma spans about 50 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
810 ft245 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the northwest side
820 ft250 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southwest side
770 ft235 m
Town center
USGS map point for Alma
810 ft245 m
Airport (HIG)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.9 mi west of the city limits
840 ft256 m
Average of all land800 ft245 m

Elevation profile, south to north

0.7 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Alma, Missouri, shaded from 770 ft on the southwest side to 820 ft on the northwest side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Lafayette County, Missouri, United States
Population
395 2024 est.
Land area
0.3 sq mi
Density
1,436 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.0953° N, 93.5452° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Salt Fork → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Higginsville Industrial Municipal (HIG) 840 ft
ZIP codes 1
64001
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Corder860 ft
  2. Higginsville820 ft
  3. Alma810 ft
  4. Mount Leonard800 ft
  5. Dover800 ft
  6. Waverly790 ft
  7. Blackburn790 ft
  8. Concordia780 ft
  9. Emma740 ft
  10. Aullville730 ft
  11. Grand Pass710 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Cooks Knob880 ft
  • Rattlesnake Hill, Johnson County810 ft
  • Coppers Hill720 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.