Catawba, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Catawba, North Carolina, shaded from 760 ft near the middle to 980 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
980 ft 300 m930 ft 285 m900 ft 275 m840 ft 255 m790 ft 240 m760 ft 230 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.
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.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Catawba sits at about 890 ft (270 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
890 ft 270 m
most residents: 820–940 ft
Lowest
760 ft 230 m
near the middle
Highest
980 ft 300 m
on the southwest side
Average
850 ft 260 m
all land inside town limits

Catawba spans about 220 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
890 ft270 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the southwest side
980 ft300 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, near the middle
760 ft230 m
Town center
USGS map point for Catawba
870 ft265 m
Airport (SVH)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 5.3 mi northeast of the town limits
968 ft295 m
Average of all land850 ft260 m

Elevation profile, south to north

3.0 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Catawba, North Carolina, shaded from 760 ft near the middle to 980 ft on the southwest side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Town in Catawba County, North Carolina, United States
Population
729 2024 est.
Land area
4.6 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
158 per sq mi
Coordinates
35.7074° N, 81.0756° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Catawba River → Wateree River → Santee River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Statesville Regional (SVH) 968 ft
ZIP codes 1
28609
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. St. Stephens1,070 ft
  2. Stony Point1,020 ft
  3. Conover990 ft
  4. Newton960 ft
  5. Claremont950 ft
  6. Maiden910 ft
  7. Catawba890 ft
  8. Troutman880 ft
  9. Statesville880 ft
  10. Denver850 ft
  11. Lake Norman of Catawba810 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Calloway Peak5,930 ft
  • Peach Bottom Mountain4,125 ft
  • Dobson Knob3,705 ft
  • Icy Knob2,980 ft
  • Pores Knob2,673 ft
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 NGS survey heights. All public domain.