Buies Creek, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Buies Creek, North Carolina, shaded from 100 ft on the southwest side to 260 ft on the north side
Elevation
260 ft 80 m220 ft 65 m200 ft 60 m160 ft 50 m120 ft 35 m100 ft 30 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
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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Buies Creek sits at about 190 ft (55 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
190 ft 55 m
most residents: 150–220 ft
Lowest
100 ft 30 m
on the southwest side
Highest
260 ft 80 m
on the north side
Average
180 ft 55 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Buies Creek spans about 160 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
190 ft55 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the north side
260 ft80 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side
100 ft30 m
Town center
USGS map point for Buies Creek
210 ft65 m
Airport (HRJ)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 1.1 mi south of the CDP boundary
202 ft62 m
Average of all land180 ft55 m

Elevation profile, south to north

2.0 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Buies Creek, North Carolina, shaded from 100 ft on the southwest side to 260 ft on the north side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Harnett County, North Carolina, United States
Population
3,253 2020 Census
Land area
3.0 sq mi
Density
1,075 per sq mi
Coordinates
35.4132° N, 78.7356° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Harnett Regional Jetport (HRJ) 202 ft
ZIP codes 2
27506 27546
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Fuquay-Varina380 ft
  2. Mamers300 ft
  3. Angier290 ft
  4. Coats290 ft
  5. Benson240 ft
  6. Dunn200 ft
  7. Lillington200 ft
  8. Buies Creek190 ft
  9. Erwin190 ft
  10. Bunnlevel140 ft
  11. Linden110 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Alabama Hills460 ft
  • Spring Hill350 ft
  • Hams Hill310 ft
  • Killens Hill290 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (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.
  • Buies Creek is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.