Bessemer City, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bessemer City, North Carolina, shaded from 740 ft on the south side to 1,060 ft near the middle
Elevation
1,060 ft 325 m980 ft 300 m940 ft 285 m860 ft 260 m780 ft 240 m740 ft 225 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
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City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Bessemer City sits at about 880 ft (265 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
880 ft 265 m
most residents: 830–920 ft
Lowest
740 ft 225 m
on the south side
Highest
1,060 ft 320 m
near the middle
Average
870 ft 265 m
all land inside city limits

Bessemer City spans about 320 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
880 ft265 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, near the middle
1,060 ft320 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the south side
740 ft225 m
Town center
USGS map point for Bessemer City
900 ft275 m
Average of all land870 ft265 m

Elevation profile, west to east

3.5 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bessemer City, North Carolina, shaded from 740 ft on the south side to 1,060 ft near the middle
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
City in Gaston County, North Carolina, United States
Population
5,730 2024 est.
Land area
5.7 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
1,000 per sq mi
Coordinates
35.2849° N, 81.2840° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Catawba River → Wateree River → Santee River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 1
28016
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Kings Mountain930 ft
  2. Cherryville930 ft
  3. Waco900 ft
  4. Bessemer City880 ft
  5. Crouse840 ft
  6. Ranlo770 ft
  7. Springdale760 ft
  8. High Shoals760 ft
  9. Gastonia760 ft
  10. Dallas760 ft
  11. Lowell730 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Dobson Knob3,705 ft
  • Hickorynut Mountain3,220 ft
  • White Oak Mountain3,080 ft
  • Icy Knob2,980 ft
  • Youngs Mountain2,712 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.