Jefferson, NC Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
3,410 ft 1,040 m3,250 ft 990 m3,160 ft 965 m2,990 ft 910 m2,820 ft 860 m2,740 ft 835 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.
- Town area
- Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Jefferson sits at about 2,990 ft (910 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
2,990 ft 910 m
most residents: 2,940–3,140 ft
Lowest
2,740 ft 835 m
on the east side
Highest
3,410 ft 1,040 m
at the foot of the Stone Mountains
Average
3,010 ft 915 m
all land inside town limits
Jefferson spans about 670 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 | 2,990 ft910 m |
| Highest point Inside town limits, at the foot of the Stone Mountains | 3,410 ft1,040 m |
| Lowest point Inside town limits, on the east side | 2,740 ft835 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Jefferson | 2,920 ft890 m |
| Airport (GEV) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 1.0 mi east of the town limits | 3,178 ft969 m |
| Average of all land | 3,010 ft915 m |
| Nearest peak Mount Jefferson, 0.6 mi southeast of the town limits | 4,650 ft1,415 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
1.3 mi south to north through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Town in Ashe County, North Carolina, United States
- Population
- 1,648 2024 est.
- Land area
- 2.1 sq mi
- Density
- 780 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 36.4204° N, 81.4734° W
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- Blue Ridge
- Drains to
- South Fork New River → New River → Kanawha River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- Airport
- Ashe County (GEV) 3,178 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 28640
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Boone3,250 ft
- Troutdale, VA3,250 ft
- Valle Crucis3,140 ft
- West Jefferson3,090 ft
- Jefferson2,990 ft
- Sparta2,930 ft
- Cove Creek2,900 ft
- Lansing2,810 ft
- Mountain City, TN2,470 ft
- Millers Creek1,320 ft
- Mulberry1,230 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in North Carolina19th highest of 782
- Towns in Ashe County2nd highest of 3
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Bluff Mountain5,080 ft
- Three Top Mountain5,010 ft
- Phoenix Mountain4,718 ft
- Mount Jefferson4,650 ft
- Peach Bottom Mountain4,125 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.