Taos, MO Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Taos, Missouri, shaded from 530 ft on the east side to 820 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
820 ft 250 m750 ft 230 m710 ft 215 m640 ft 195 m570 ft 170 m530 ft 160 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
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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

Taos sits at about 760 ft (230 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
760 ft 230 m
most residents: 630–770 ft
Lowest
530 ft 160 m
on the east side
Highest
820 ft 250 m
on the southwest side
Average
670 ft 205 m
all land inside city limits

Taos spans about 290 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
760 ft230 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the southwest side
820 ft250 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the east side
530 ft160 m
Town center
USGS map point for Taos
730 ft220 m
Airport (JEF)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 5.7 mi northwest of the city limits
549 ft167 m
Average of all land670 ft205 m

Elevation profile, south to north

3.0 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Taos, Missouri, shaded from 530 ft on the east side to 820 ft on the southwest side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in Cole County, Missouri, United States
Population
1,175 2024 est.
Land area
6.4 sq mi
Density
183 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.5064° N, 92.0710° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Ozark Plateaus
Drains to
Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Jefferson City Memorial (JEF) 549 ft
ZIP codes 1
65101
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. New Bloomfield870 ft
  2. Linn860 ft
  3. Holts Summit840 ft
  4. Taos760 ft
  5. Argyle750 ft
  6. Meta720 ft
  7. St. Thomas690 ft
  8. Wardsville670 ft
  9. Jefferson City650 ft
  10. Westphalia630 ft
  11. Tebbetts570 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • High Point Hill920 ft
  • Grapevine Hill790 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.