Smithville, MO Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Smithville, Missouri, shaded from 790 ft on the northwest side to 1,010 ft on the north side
Elevation
1,010 ft 305 m950 ft 290 m930 ft 280 m870 ft 265 m820 ft 250 m790 ft 240 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Smithville sits at about 930 ft (285 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
930 ft 285 m
most residents: 840–970 ft
Lowest
790 ft 240 m
on the northwest side
Highest
1,010 ft 305 m
on the north side
Average
910 ft 280 m
all land inside city limits

Smithville spans about 220 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
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
930 ft285 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the north side
1,010 ft305 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the northwest side
790 ft240 m
Town center
USGS map point for Smithville
810 ft250 m
Airport (MCI)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.3 mi southwest of the city limits
1,027 ft313 m
Average of all land910 ft280 m

Elevation profile, south to north

8.0 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Smithville, Missouri, shaded from 790 ft on the northwest side to 1,010 ft on the north side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in Clay and Platte counties, Missouri, United States
Population
10,971 2024 est.
Land area
16.6 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
661 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.3869° N, 94.5811° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Kansas City International (MCI) 1,027 ft
ZIP codes 1
64089
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Grayson990 ft
  2. Ferrelview950 ft
  3. Trimble950 ft
  4. Lake Waukomis940 ft
  5. Camden Point940 ft
  6. Ridgely930 ft
  7. Smithville930 ft
  8. Paradise930 ft
  9. Platte City890 ft
  10. Edgerton860 ft
  11. Tracy810 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Nebo Hill950 ft
  • Arsenal Hill910 ft
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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.