Southwest City, MO Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Southwest City, Missouri, shaded from 890 ft on the northwest side to 1,090 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
1,090 ft 335 m1,040 ft 320 m1,020 ft 310 m960 ft 295 m910 ft 280 m890 ft 270 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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
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.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Southwest City sits at about 940 ft (290 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
940 ft 290 m
most residents: 920–1,010 ft
Lowest
890 ft 270 m
on the northwest side
Highest
1,090 ft 335 m
on the northeast side
Average
960 ft 295 m
all land inside town limits

Southwest City spans about 200 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
940 ft290 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the northeast side
1,090 ft335 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the northwest side
890 ft270 m
Average of all land960 ft295 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.8 mi west to east through the middle of Southwest City.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Southwest City, Missouri, shaded from 890 ft on the northwest side to 1,090 ft on the northeast side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Town in McDonald County, Missouri, United States
Population
976 2024 est.
Land area
1.5 sq mi
Density
667 per sq mi
Coordinates
36.5140° N, 94.6120° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Ozark Plateaus
Drains to
Neosho River → Arkansas River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
64863
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Indianola, Delaware County, OK1,120 ft
  2. Sycamore, OK1,100 ft
  3. Deer Lick, OK1,070 ft
  4. Maysville, AR1,060 ft
  5. White Water, OK1,010 ft
  6. City of Sulphur Springs, AR950 ft
  7. Southwest City940 ft
  8. Dodge, OK930 ft
  9. Butler, Delaware County, OK850 ft
  10. Noel840 ft
  11. Cayuga, OK820 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Holloway Mountain1,200 ft
  • Tatum Hill1,170 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town 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 town 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.