Lincoln County, MO Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lincoln County, Missouri, shaded from 420 ft on the southeast side to 990 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
990 ft 300 m840 ft 260 m770 ft 235 m630 ft 195 m490 ft 150 m420 ft 130 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

Lincoln County averages about 610 ft (185 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 420 ft on the southeast side to 990 ft on the northeast side.

Average elevation
610 ft 185 m
all land inside the county
Highest
990 ft 300 m
on the northeast side
Lowest
420 ft 130 m
on the southeast side

Lincoln County spans about 570 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 land610 ft185 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
990 ft300 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
420 ft130 m

Elevation profile, south to north

24 mi south to north through Troy.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lincoln County, Missouri, shaded from 420 ft on the southeast side to 990 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
65,888 2024 est.
Land area
626.6 sq mi + 13.9 sq mi water
Density
105 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
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. Montgomery County740 ft
  2. Warren County720 ft
  3. Pike County670 ft
  4. Lincoln County610 ft
  5. Calhoun County, IL570 ft
  6. St. Charles County540 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Purtle Knob850 ft
  • Bald Knob, Lincoln County780 ft
All 12 towns in Lincoln County by typical elevation
  1. Whiteside790 ft
  2. Truxton740 ft
  3. Hawk Point730 ft
  4. Fountain N' Lakes600 ft
  5. Silex590 ft
  6. Troy560 ft
  7. Winfield520 ft
  8. Moscow Mills500 ft
  9. Elsberry490 ft
  10. Chain of Rocks480 ft
  11. Old Monroe440 ft
  12. Foley440 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, 320 ft at 38.9043° N, 90.9593° 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.