Monroe County, MO Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Monroe County, Missouri, shaded from 600 ft on the east side to 850 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
850 ft 260 m790 ft 240 m760 ft 230 m690 ft 210 m630 ft 195 m600 ft 185 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
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Monroe County averages about 730 ft (225 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 600 ft on the east side to 850 ft on the southwest side.

Average elevation
730 ft 225 m
all land inside the county
Highest
850 ft 260 m
on the southwest side
Lowest
600 ft 185 m
on the east side

Monroe County spans about 250 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 land730 ft225 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
850 ft260 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the east side
600 ft185 m

Elevation profile, west to east

25 mi west to east through Monroe City.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Monroe County, Missouri, shaded from 600 ft on the east side to 850 ft on the southwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Missouri, United States
Population
8,890 2024 est.
Land area
647.6 sq mi + 22.5 sq mi water
Density
14 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. Macon County820 ft
  2. Audrain County800 ft
  3. Randolph County790 ft
  4. Shelby County750 ft
  5. Monroe County730 ft
  6. Ralls County680 ft
  7. Marion County620 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 6 towns in Monroe County by typical elevation
  1. Middle Grove800 ft
  2. Madison800 ft
  3. Holliday780 ft
  4. Monroe City740 ft
  5. Paris700 ft
  6. Stoutsville670 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, 600 ft at 39.4365° N, 92.0182° 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.