Cerro Gordo, NC Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
110 ft 35 m100 ft 30 m97 ft 30 m89 ft 27 m81 ft 25 m77 ft 23 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
- 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
Cerro Gordo sits at about 93 ft (28 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
93 ft 28 m
most residents: 82–96 ft
Lowest
77 ft 23 m
on the southeast side
Highest
100 ft 30 m
on the west side
Average
91 ft 28 m
all land inside town limits
Cerro Gordo is nearly flat: its ground varies by only about 23 ft, so the figures below sit close together.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 93 ft28 m |
| Highest point Inside town limits, on the west side | 100 ft30 m |
| Lowest point Inside town limits, on the southeast side | 77 ft23 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Cerro Gordo | 89 ft27 m |
| Average of all land | 91 ft28 m |
Topographic Map
- Location
- Town in Columbus County, North Carolina, United States
- Population
- 143 2024 est.
- Land area
- 0.8 sq mi
- Density
- 181 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 34.3221° N, 78.9264° W
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- Coastal Plain
- Drains to
- Little Pee Dee River → Great Pee Dee River → Atlantic Ocean
- ZIP codes 1
- 28430
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Proctorville110 ft
- Chadbourn100 ft
- Tabor City100 ft
- Orrum100 ft
- Evergreen99 ft
- Cerro Gordo93 ft
- Brunswick92 ft
- Marietta87 ft
- Boardman85 ft
- Whiteville77 ft
- Fair Bluff67 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in North Carolina547th highest of 782
- Towns in Columbus County4th highest of 14
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Lynn Hill119 ft
- Wolf Hill100 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.