Nelson, MO Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
680 ft 210 m660 ft 200 m650 ft 200 m630 ft 195 m620 ft 190 m610 ft 185 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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.
- City area
- Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Nelson sits at about 660 ft (200 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
660 ft 200 m
most residents: 640–670 ft
Lowest
610 ft 185 m
on the northwest side
Highest
680 ft 210 m
on the northeast side
Average
650 ft 200 m
all land inside city limits
Nelson spans about 70 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 | 660 ft200 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the northeast side | 680 ft210 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the northwest side | 610 ft185 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Nelson | 670 ft205 m |
| Average of all land | 650 ft200 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
0.6 mi south to north through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Saline County, Missouri, United States
- Population
- 154 2024 est.
- Land area
- 0.3 sq mi
- Density
- 464 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 38.9947° N, 93.0327° W
- Time zone
- Central UTC−6 / −5
- Landform region
- Central Lowland
- Drains to
- Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- ZIP codes 1
- 65347
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Slater850 ft
- Pilot Grove840 ft
- Hughesville820 ft
- Gilliam820 ft
- Marshall760 ft
- Arrow Rock710 ft
- Boonville680 ft
- Nelson660 ft
- New Franklin640 ft
- Blackwater630 ft
- Franklin600 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Missouri1,028th highest of 1,352
- Towns in Saline Countylowest of 12
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, 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 city limits (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.
- Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones. All public domain.