Martin County, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Martin County, North Carolina, shaded from 1 ft below sea level on the east side to 98 ft near the middle
Elevation
98 ft 30 m73 ft 22 m61 ft 19 m36 ft 11 m11 ft 3 m−1 ft 0 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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
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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Martin County averages about 48 ft (15 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1 ft below sea level on the east side to 98 ft near the middle.

Average elevation
48 ft 15 m
all land inside the county
Highest
98 ft 30 m
near the middle
Lowest
−1 ft 0 m
on the east side

Martin County spans about 99 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

Under 1% of Martin County's land lies below the average daily high tide (MHHW, NOAA), and 5% lies less than 3 ft above it. Check flood zones on FEMA's map

FigureElevation
Average of all land48 ft15 m
Highest point
Inside the county, near the middle
98 ft30 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the east side
−1 ft0 m

Elevation profile, west to east

32 mi west to east through Williamston.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Martin County, North Carolina, shaded from 1 ft below sea level on the east side to 98 ft near the middle
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
County in North Carolina, United States
Population
21,523 2024 est.
Land area
456.4 sq mi + 0.3 sq mi water
Density
47 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Halifax County140 ft
  2. Edgecombe County79 ft
  3. Pitt County48 ft
  4. Martin County48 ft
  5. Bertie County39 ft
  6. Beaufort County22 ft
  7. Washington County13 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 9 towns in Martin County by typical elevation
  1. Oak City81 ft
  2. Hassell78 ft
  3. Parmele74 ft
  4. Hamilton73 ft
  5. Robersonville71 ft
  6. Everetts61 ft
  7. Williamston60 ft
  8. Bear Grass56 ft
  9. Jamesville37 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones; NOAA tidal surfaces (MHHW). All public domain.