Murphy, MO Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
760 ft 230 m680 ft 210 m650 ft 195 m570 ft 175 m490 ft 150 m450 ft 140 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- 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.
- Area
- Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Murphy sits at about 620 ft (190 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
620 ft 190 m
most residents: 510–680 ft
Lowest
450 ft 140 m
on the east side
Highest
760 ft 230 m
on the southwest side
Average
590 ft 180 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Murphy spans about 310 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 620 ft190 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side | 760 ft230 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side | 450 ft140 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Murphy | 570 ft175 m |
| Average of all land | 590 ft180 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
2.8 mi west to east through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Jefferson County, Missouri, United States
- Population
- 8,273 2020 Census
- Land area
- 3.9 sq mi
- Density
- 2,142 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 38.4903° N, 90.4871° W
- Time zone
- Central UTC−6 / −5
- Landform region
- Ozark Plateaus
- Drains to
- Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- ZIP codes 2
- 63026 63049
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- High Ridge840 ft
- Peaceful Village840 ft
- Parkdale780 ft
- Murphy620 ft
- Sappington610 ft
- Sunset Hills610 ft
- Twin Oaks550 ft
- Byrnes Mill530 ft
- Fenton510 ft
- Arnold500 ft
- Valley Park470 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Missouri1,062nd highest of 1,352
- Towns in Jefferson County10th highest of 25
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Tavern Rock893 ft
- Frisco Hill870 ft
- Bald Hill, St. Louis County670 ft
- Lost Hill, St. Louis County610 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (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.
- Murphy is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
- Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.