Faith, NC Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
990 ft 300 m930 ft 285 m910 ft 275 m850 ft 260 m800 ft 245 m770 ft 235 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 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.
- Town area
- Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Faith sits at about 870 ft (265 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
870 ft 265 m
most residents: 840–920 ft
Lowest
770 ft 235 m
on the north side
Highest
990 ft 300 m
on the northeast side
Average
870 ft 265 m
all land inside town limits
Faith 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 870 ft265 m |
| Highest point Inside town limits, on the northeast side | 990 ft300 m |
| Lowest point Inside town limits, on the north side | 770 ft235 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Faith | 860 ft265 m |
| Airport (RUQ) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.7 mi northwest of the town limits | 772 ft235 m |
| Average of all land | 870 ft265 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
1.2 mi south to north through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Town in Rowan County, North Carolina, United States
- Population
- 836 2024 est.
- Land area
- 1.0 sq mi
- Density
- 798 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 35.5871° N, 80.4628° W
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- Piedmont
- Drains to
- Great Pee Dee River → Atlantic Ocean
- Airport
- Mid-Carolina Regional (RUQ) 772 ft
- ZIP codes 2
- 28041 28146
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Faith870 ft
- Landis830 ft
- China Grove800 ft
- Granite Quarry780 ft
- Rockwell760 ft
- Gold Hill750 ft
- Kannapolis730 ft
- Salisbury730 ft
- East Spencer710 ft
- Spencer710 ft
- Misenheimer660 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in North Carolina181st highest of 782
- Towns in Rowan Countyhighest of 11
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Pores Knob2,673 ft
- Moores Knob2,580 ft
- High Rock Mountain1,180 ft
- Youngs Mountain, Rowan County1,090 ft
- Dunn Mountain1,011 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.