Emma, NC Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
2,430 ft 740 m2,330 ft 710 m2,270 ft 695 m2,170 ft 660 m2,070 ft 630 m2,020 ft 615 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- 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.
- Area
- Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Emma sits at about 2,130 ft (650 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
2,130 ft 650 m
most residents: 2,130–2,240 ft
Lowest
2,020 ft 615 m
on the east side
Highest
2,430 ft 740 m
on the northwest side
Average
2,170 ft 660 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Emma spans about 410 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 2,130 ft650 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side | 2,430 ft740 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side | 2,020 ft615 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Emma | 2,110 ft645 m |
| Airport (AVL) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 11 mi south of the CDP boundary | 2,164 ft660 m |
| Average of all land | 2,170 ft660 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
1.0 mi south to north through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States
- Population
- 2,174 2020 Census
- Land area
- 1.1 sq mi
- Density
- 2,000 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 35.5968° N, 82.5918° W
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- Blue Ridge
- Drains to
- French Broad River → Tennessee River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- Airport
- Asheville Regional (AVL) 2,164 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 28806
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Fairview, Buncombe County2,370 ft
- Royal Pines2,340 ft
- Swannanoa2,300 ft
- Avery Creek2,230 ft
- Biltmore Forest2,200 ft
- Bent Creek2,190 ft
- Weaverville2,160 ft
- Asheville2,160 ft
- Fletcher2,140 ft
- Woodfin2,140 ft
- Emma2,130 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in North Carolina68th highest of 782
- Towns in Buncombe Countylowest of 13
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Mount Pisgah5,700 ft
- Sandymush Bald5,150 ft
- Little Pisgah Mountain4,410 ft
- Flat Top4,370 ft
- Bearwallow Mountain4,230 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.
- Emma 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.