Boone County, MO Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Boone County, Missouri, shaded from 470 ft near the middle to 950 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
950 ft 290 m830 ft 255 m770 ft 235 m650 ft 200 m530 ft 165 m470 ft 145 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

Boone County averages about 770 ft (235 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 470 ft near the middle to 950 ft on the northeast side.

Average elevation
770 ft 235 m
all land inside the county
Highest
950 ft 290 m
on the northeast side
Lowest
470 ft 145 m
near the middle

Boone County spans about 480 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 land770 ft235 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
950 ft290 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, near the middle
470 ft145 m

Elevation profile, south to north

40 mi south to north through Columbia.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Boone County, Missouri, shaded from 470 ft near the middle to 950 ft on the northeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Missouri, United States
Population
192,154 2024 est.
Land area
685.6 sq mi + 5.5 sq mi water
Density
280 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform regions
Central Lowland 85%, Ozark Plateaus 15%
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. Audrain County800 ft
  2. Moniteau County800 ft
  3. Randolph County790 ft
  4. Boone County770 ft
  5. Callaway County760 ft
  6. Cooper County740 ft
  7. Howard County710 ft
  8. Cole County690 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • The Pinnacles820 ft
All 12 towns in Boone County by typical elevation
  1. Hallsville890 ft
  2. Ashland880 ft
  3. Centralia880 ft
  4. Clark partly870 ft
  5. Sturgeon840 ft
  6. Harrisburg830 ft
  7. Pierpont770 ft
  8. Columbia740 ft
  9. Rocheport610 ft
  10. Hartsburg590 ft
  11. Huntsdale580 ft
  12. McBaine580 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, 470 ft at 38.9907° N, 92.3754° 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.