St. Joseph, MO Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of St. Joseph, Missouri, shaded from 790 ft on the northwest side to 1,120 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
1,120 ft 345 m1,040 ft 315 m1,000 ft 305 m920 ft 280 m830 ft 255 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
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

St. Joseph sits at about 960 ft (290 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
960 ft 290 m
most residents: 870–1,010 ft
Lowest
790 ft 240 m
on the northwest side
Highest
1,120 ft 345 m
on the northwest side
Average
940 ft 285 m
all land inside city limits

St. Joseph spans about 330 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
960 ft290 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the northwest side
1,120 ft345 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the northwest side
790 ft240 m
Town center
USGS map point for St. Joseph
890 ft270 m
Airport (STJ)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 1.8 mi west of the city limits
827 ft252 m
Average of all land940 ft285 m

Elevation profile, south to north

7.6 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of St. Joseph, Missouri, shaded from 790 ft on the northwest side to 1,120 ft on the northwest side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in Buchanan County, Missouri, United States
Population
71,098 2024 est.
Land area
44.0 sq mi + 0.8 sq mi water
Density
1,614 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.7686° N, 94.8466° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Rosecrans Memorial (STJ) 827 ft
ZIP codes 6
64501 64503 64504 64505 64506 64507
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Country Club1,020 ft
  2. Burr Oak Township, Doniphan County, KS1,010 ft
  3. St. Joseph960 ft
  4. Cosby950 ft
  5. Marion Township, Doniphan County, KS950 ft
  6. Easton930 ft
  7. Agency910 ft
  8. Wathena, KS880 ft
  9. Amazonia870 ft
  10. Washington Township, Doniphan County, KS830 ft
  11. Elwood, KS820 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • King Hill, Buchanan County1,069 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.