West Plains, MO Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
1,240 ft 380 m1,160 ft 355 m1,120 ft 340 m1,040 ft 320 m960 ft 295 m930 ft 280 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- 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.
- Click or tap anywhere
- 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
West Plains sits at about 1,020 ft (310 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
1,020 ft 310 m
most residents: 980–1,090 ft
Lowest
930 ft 280 m
on the southeast side
Highest
1,240 ft 380 m
on the northwest side
Average
1,040 ft 315 m
all land inside city limits
West Plains spans about 310 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 1,020 ft310 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the northwest side | 1,240 ft380 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the southeast side | 930 ft280 m |
| Town center USGS map point for West Plains | 1,000 ft305 m |
| Average of all land | 1,040 ft315 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
4.1 mi west to east through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Howell County, Missouri, United States
- Population
- 12,704 2024 est.
- Land area
- 13.3 sq mi
- Density
- 955 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 36.7281° N, 91.8524° W
- Time zone
- Central UTC−6 / −5
- Landform region
- Ozark Plateaus
- Drains to
- Spring River → Black River → White River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- ZIP codes 1
- 65775
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Willow Springs1,280 ft
- Pomona1,210 ft
- Mountain View1,170 ft
- South Fork1,120 ft
- Montier1,060 ft
- West Plains1,020 ft
- Koshkonong970 ft
- Brandsville960 ft
- Bakersfield800 ft
- Thomasville640 ft
- Thayer630 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Missouri206th highest of 1,352
- Towns in Howell County5th highest of 6
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Twin Mountain1,310 ft
- Payne Knob1,260 ft
- Martin Hill1,140 ft
- Hines Hill1,118 ft
- Rex Hill1,110 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.