Alliance, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Alliance, North Carolina, shaded from 1 ft on the southeast side to 17 ft on the west side
Elevation
33 ft 10 m25 ft 8 m21 ft 6 m13 ft 4 m5 ft 1 m1 ft 0 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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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Measure
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Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Alliance sits at about 11 ft (3 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
11 ft 3 m
most residents: 7–13 ft
Lowest
1 ft 0 m
on the southeast side
Highest
17 ft 5 m
on the west side
Average
10 ft 3 m
all land inside town limits

Alliance is nearly flat: its ground varies by only about 16 ft, so the figures below sit close together.

0% of Alliance's land lies below the average daily high tide (MHHW, NOAA), and 6% lies less than 3 ft above it. Check flood zones on FEMA's map

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
11 ft3 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the west side
17 ft5 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the southeast side
1 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Alliance
9 ft3 m
Airport (EWN)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 13 mi west of the town limits
18 ft5 m
Average of all land10 ft3 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Alliance, North Carolina, shaded from 1 ft on the southeast side to 17 ft on the west side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Town in Pamlico County, North Carolina, United States
Population
749 2024 est.
Land area
2.1 sq mi
Density
359 per sq mi
Coordinates
35.1449° N, 76.8022° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Coastal Carolina Regional (EWN) 18 ft
ZIP codes 3
28509 28515 28529
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Arapahoe37 ft
  2. Grantsboro33 ft
  3. Minnesott Beach29 ft
  4. Bayboro14 ft
  5. Alliance11 ft
  6. Aurora9 ft
  7. Stonewall8 ft
  8. Fairfield Harbour6 ft
  9. Oriental6 ft
  10. Vandemere3 ft
  11. Mesic2 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA tidal surfaces (MHHW). All public domain.