New Wells, MO Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of New Wells, Missouri, shaded from 360 ft on the north side to 470 ft on the south side
Elevation
470 ft 145 m440 ft 135 m430 ft 130 m400 ft 125 m380 ft 115 m360 ft 110 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

New Wells sits at about 390 ft (120 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
390 ft 120 m
few residents
Lowest
360 ft 110 m
on the north side
Highest
470 ft 145 m
on the south side
Average
400 ft 120 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

New Wells spans about 110 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.

FigureElevation
Typical (all land)
Median of all land; too few residents to weight by
390 ft120 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the south side
470 ft145 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the north side
360 ft110 m
Town center
USGS map point for New Wells
420 ft130 m
Average of all land400 ft120 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.3 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of New Wells, Missouri, shaded from 360 ft on the north side to 470 ft on the south side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States
Population
40 2020 Census
Land area
0.6 sq mi
Density
69 per sq mi
Coordinates
37.5562° N, 89.6245° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Ozark Plateaus
Drains to
Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
63732
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Longtown650 ft
  2. Oak Ridge590 ft
  3. Pocahontas570 ft
  4. Altenburg550 ft
  5. Frohna540 ft
  6. Shawneetown500 ft
  7. Jackson480 ft
  8. Old Appleton430 ft
  9. New Wells390 ft
  10. Grand Tower, IL360 ft
  11. Grand Tower Township, IL360 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Grassy Knob810 ft
  • Thompson Hill, Cape Girardeau County750 ft
  • Tricky Hill740 ft
  • Sheppard Point670 ft
  • Iron Hill620 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary; too few residents live here to weight by people.
  • 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.
  • New Wells 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. All public domain.