Springfield, MO Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Springfield, Missouri, shaded from 1,110 ft on the south side to 1,460 ft on the east side
Elevation
1,460 ft 445 m1,370 ft 420 m1,330 ft 405 m1,240 ft 380 m1,160 ft 350 m1,110 ft 340 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
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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Springfield sits at about 1,300 ft (395 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,300 ft 395 m
most residents: 1,260–1,350 ft
Lowest
1,110 ft 340 m
on the south side
Highest
1,460 ft 445 m
on the east side
Average
1,290 ft 390 m
all land inside city limits

Springfield spans about 350 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
1,300 ft395 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the east side
1,460 ft445 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the south side
1,110 ft340 m
Town center
USGS map point for Springfield
1,300 ft395 m
Airport (SGF)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
1,268 ft386 m
Average of all land1,290 ft390 m

Elevation profile, south to north

10 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Springfield, Missouri, shaded from 1,110 ft on the south side to 1,460 ft on the east side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in Greene and Christian counties, Missouri, United States
Population
170,596 2024 est.
Land area
84.5 sq mi + 0.6 sq mi water
Density
2,018 per sq mi
Coordinates
37.2153° N, 93.2982° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Ozark Plateaus
Drains to
James River → White River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Springfield-Branson Ntl (SGF) 1,268 ft
ZIP codes 11
65619 65721 65801 65802 65803 65804 65806 65807 65809 65810 65897
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Strafford1,470 ft
  2. Rogersville1,460 ft
  3. Clever1,370 ft
  4. Springfield1,300 ft
  5. Ozark1,290 ft
  6. Nixa1,290 ft
  7. Fremont Hills1,280 ft
  8. Republic1,280 ft
  9. Battlefield1,260 ft
  10. Fair Grove1,230 ft
  11. Willard1,200 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • North View Hill1,480 ft
  • Fair Grove Mound1,440 ft
  • Henley Knob1,290 ft
  • Bloody Hill1,270 ft
  • Sand Mountain, Greene County1,210 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.