Herculaneum, MO Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Herculaneum, Missouri, shaded from 380 ft on the south side to 600 ft on the south side
Elevation
600 ft 185 m550 ft 165 m520 ft 160 m460 ft 140 m400 ft 125 m380 ft 115 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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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City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Herculaneum sits at about 450 ft (140 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
450 ft 140 m
most residents: 420–540 ft
Lowest
380 ft 115 m
on the south side
Highest
600 ft 185 m
on the south side
Average
450 ft 140 m
all land inside city limits

Herculaneum spans about 220 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
450 ft140 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the south side
600 ft185 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the south side
380 ft115 m
Town center
USGS map point for Herculaneum
440 ft135 m
Average of all land450 ft140 m

Elevation profile, south to north

2.1 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Herculaneum, Missouri, shaded from 380 ft on the south side to 600 ft on the south side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in Jefferson County, Missouri, United States
Population
5,321 2024 est.
Land area
4.2 sq mi
Density
1,276 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.2684° N, 90.3801° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
63048
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Valmeyer, IL700 ft
  2. Olympian Village630 ft
  3. Barnhart520 ft
  4. Pevely510 ft
  5. Imperial500 ft
  6. Maeystown, IL500 ft
  7. Horine490 ft
  8. Festus480 ft
  9. Herculaneum450 ft
  10. Crystal City440 ft
  11. Kimmswick410 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Frisco Hill870 ft
  • Buck Knob, Jefferson County850 ft
  • Jawbone650 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).
  • 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, 370 ft at 38.2563° N, 90.3838° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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); BTS time zones. All public domain.