Scott County, MO Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Scott County, Missouri, shaded from 290 ft on the southwest side to 600 ft on Jackson Hill
Elevation
600 ft 185 m520 ft 160 m480 ft 145 m410 ft 125 m330 ft 100 m290 ft 90 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
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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Scott County averages about 340 ft (105 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 290 ft on the southwest side to 600 ft on Jackson Hill.

Average elevation
340 ft 105 m
all land inside the county
Highest
600 ft 185 m
on Jackson Hill
Lowest
290 ft 90 m
on the southwest side

Scott County spans about 310 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 land340 ft105 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Jackson Hill (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
600 ft185 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
290 ft90 m

Elevation profile, south to north

25 mi south to north through Sikeston.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Scott County, Missouri, shaded from 290 ft on the southwest side to 600 ft on Jackson Hill
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Missouri, United States
Population
37,957 2024 est.
Land area
420.0 sq mi + 5.9 sq mi water
Density
90 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Coastal Plain
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. Cape Girardeau County460 ft
  2. Alexander County, IL390 ft
  3. Scott County340 ft
  4. Stoddard County340 ft
  5. Mississippi County310 ft
  6. New Madrid County280 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Jackson Hill600 ft
  • Bird Hill550 ft
  • Cox Hill550 ft
  • Bell Hill500 ft
  • Lone Rock, Scott County480 ft
All 15 towns in Scott County by typical elevation
  1. Benton440 ft
  2. Kelso410 ft
  3. New Hamburg410 ft
  4. Scott City390 ft
  5. Commerce340 ft
  6. Morley340 ft
  7. Chaffee340 ft
  8. Oran340 ft
  9. Perkins330 ft
  10. Haywood City330 ft
  11. Sikeston330 ft
  12. Diehlstadt320 ft
  13. Blodgett320 ft
  14. Vanduser310 ft
  15. Miner310 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; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. 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.