Macon County, MO Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Macon County, Missouri, shaded from 650 ft on the southwest side to 1,020 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
1,020 ft 310 m930 ft 280 m880 ft 270 m790 ft 240 m700 ft 215 m650 ft 200 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

Macon County averages about 820 ft (250 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 650 ft on the southwest side to 1,020 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
820 ft 250 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,020 ft 310 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
650 ft 200 m
on the southwest side

Macon County spans about 370 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 land820 ft250 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
1,020 ft310 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
650 ft200 m

Elevation profile, west to east

30 mi west to east through Macon.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Macon County, Missouri, shaded from 650 ft on the southwest side to 1,020 ft on the northwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Missouri, United States
Population
15,177 2024 est.
Land area
801.2 sq mi + 11.2 sq mi water
Density
19 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. Adair County890 ft
  2. Macon County820 ft
  3. Linn County810 ft
  4. Randolph County790 ft
  5. Knox County770 ft
  6. Shelby County750 ft
  7. Monroe County730 ft
  8. Chariton County700 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 10 towns in Macon County by typical elevation
  1. La Plata940 ft
  2. Atlanta900 ft
  3. Macon860 ft
  4. Excello860 ft
  5. New Cambria840 ft
  6. Ethel830 ft
  7. Callao820 ft
  8. Bevier810 ft
  9. South Gifford760 ft
  10. Elmer740 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.
  • 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.