Montgomery County, MO Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Montgomery County, Missouri, shaded from 490 ft on the south side to 950 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
950 ft 290 m830 ft 255 m780 ft 235 m660 ft 200 m550 ft 170 m490 ft 150 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
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

Montgomery County averages about 740 ft (225 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 490 ft on the south side to 950 ft on the southwest side.

Average elevation
740 ft 225 m
all land inside the county
Highest
950 ft 290 m
on the southwest side
Lowest
490 ft 150 m
on the south side

Montgomery County spans about 460 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 land740 ft225 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
950 ft290 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the south side
490 ft150 m

Elevation profile, south to north

31 mi south to north through Montgomery City.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Montgomery County, Missouri, shaded from 490 ft on the south side to 950 ft on the southwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Missouri, United States
Population
11,511 2024 est.
Land area
535.0 sq mi + 5.4 sq mi water
Density
22 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform regions
Central Lowland 77%, Ozark Plateaus 23%
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. Audrain County800 ft
  2. Gasconade County780 ft
  3. Callaway County760 ft
  4. Montgomery County740 ft
  5. Osage County720 ft
  6. Warren County720 ft
  7. Pike County670 ft
  8. Lincoln County610 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Negro Hill920 ft
  • Boland Knob900 ft
All 12 towns in Montgomery County by typical elevation
  1. Jonesburg890 ft
  2. High Hill890 ft
  3. New Florence860 ft
  4. Montgomery City820 ft
  5. Wellsville810 ft
  6. Danville810 ft
  7. Bellflower770 ft
  8. Buell750 ft
  9. Middletown700 ft
  10. Big Spring610 ft
  11. Rhineland570 ft
  12. McKittrick560 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.