Locust, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Locust, North Carolina, shaded from 470 ft on the west side to 740 ft near the middle
Elevation
740 ft 225 m680 ft 205 m640 ft 195 m570 ft 175 m510 ft 155 m470 ft 145 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
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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Locust sits at about 660 ft (200 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
660 ft 200 m
most residents: 610–710 ft
Lowest
470 ft 145 m
on the west side
Highest
740 ft 225 m
near the middle
Average
640 ft 195 m
all land inside city limits

Locust spans about 270 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
660 ft200 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, near the middle
740 ft225 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the west side
470 ft145 m
Town center
USGS map point for Locust
720 ft220 m
Average of all land640 ft195 m

Elevation profile, west to east

4.4 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Locust, North Carolina, shaded from 470 ft on the west side to 740 ft near the middle
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in Stanly and Cabarrus counties, North Carolina, United States
Population
5,992 2024 est.
Land area
8.7 sq mi
Density
692 per sq mi
Coordinates
35.2599° N, 80.4253° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Rocky River → Great Pee Dee River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 2
28097 28107
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Locust660 ft
  2. Concord650 ft
  3. Millingport650 ft
  4. Stanfield620 ft
  5. Mount Pleasant620 ft
  6. Red Cross620 ft
  7. Unionville570 ft
  8. Midland540 ft
  9. Fairview530 ft
  10. Oakboro530 ft
  11. Aquadale460 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Polk Mountain660 ft
  • Rebel Hill610 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city 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 city 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. All public domain.