Harrisburg, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Harrisburg, North Carolina, shaded from 520 ft on the east side to 740 ft on the south side
Elevation
740 ft 225 m690 ft 210 m660 ft 200 m600 ft 185 m550 ft 170 m520 ft 160 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
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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.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Harrisburg sits at about 610 ft (185 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
610 ft 185 m
most residents: 570–690 ft
Lowest
520 ft 160 m
on the east side
Highest
740 ft 225 m
on the south side
Average
620 ft 190 m
all land inside town limits

Harrisburg 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
610 ft185 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the south side
740 ft225 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the east side
520 ft160 m
Town center
USGS map point for Harrisburg
630 ft190 m
Airport (JQF)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.6 mi northwest of the town limits
704 ft215 m
Average of all land620 ft190 m

Elevation profile, south to north

4.9 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Harrisburg, North Carolina, shaded from 520 ft on the east side to 740 ft on the south side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Town in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, United States
Population
20,335 2024 est.
Land area
12.6 sq mi
Density
1,609 per sq mi
Coordinates
35.3238° N, 80.6559° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Rocky River → Great Pee Dee River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Concord-Padgett Regional (JQF) 704 ft
ZIP codes 3
28025 28075 28215
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Enochville810 ft
  2. Huntersville740 ft
  3. Kannapolis730 ft
  4. Mint Hill720 ft
  5. Charlotte700 ft
  6. Locust660 ft
  7. Concord650 ft
  8. Stanfield620 ft
  9. Mount Pleasant620 ft
  10. Harrisburg610 ft
  11. Midland540 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Icy Knob2,980 ft
  • Pores Knob2,673 ft
  • Capps Hill850 ft
  • Red Hill, Union County710 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.