Kelso, MO Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Kelso, Missouri, shaded from 360 ft on the north side to 440 ft near the middle
Elevation
440 ft 135 m420 ft 130 m410 ft 125 m390 ft 120 m370 ft 115 m360 ft 110 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
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
Click or tap anywhere
The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Village area
Fades everything outside the official village limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Kelso sits at about 410 ft (125 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
410 ft 125 m
most residents: 390–430 ft
Lowest
360 ft 110 m
on the north side
Highest
440 ft 135 m
near the middle
Average
410 ft 125 m
all land inside village limits

Kelso spans about 80 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
410 ft125 m
Highest point
Inside village limits, near the middle
440 ft135 m
Lowest point
Inside village limits, on the north side
360 ft110 m
Town center
USGS map point for Kelso
440 ft135 m
Airport (CGI)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.0 mi northwest of the village limits
342 ft104 m
Average of all land410 ft125 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.0 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Kelso, Missouri, shaded from 360 ft on the north side to 440 ft near the middle
Village limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Village in Scott County, Missouri, United States
Population
553 2024 est.
Land area
0.3 sq mi
Density
1,778 per sq mi
Coordinates
37.1906° N, 89.5495° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Cape Girardeau Regional (CGI) 342 ft
ZIP codes 1
63758
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Benton440 ft
  2. Thebes, IL430 ft
  3. Cape Girardeau420 ft
  4. Kelso410 ft
  5. New Hamburg410 ft
  6. Scott City390 ft
  7. Dutchtown390 ft
  8. Commerce340 ft
  9. East Cape Girardeau, IL340 ft
  10. Chaffee340 ft
  11. Oran340 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Jackson Hill600 ft
  • Cox Hill550 ft
  • Bell Hill500 ft
  • Mount Tabor490 ft
  • Lost Hill, Scott County470 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the village 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 village 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.