Plain View, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Plain View, North Carolina, shaded from 130 ft on the west side to 220 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
220 ft 70 m200 ft 60 m190 ft 55 m160 ft 50 m140 ft 40 m130 ft 40 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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Plain View sits at about 190 ft (60 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
190 ft 60 m
most residents: 170–210 ft
Lowest
130 ft 40 m
on the west side
Highest
220 ft 70 m
on the southeast side
Average
180 ft 55 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Plain View spans about 90 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
190 ft60 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side
220 ft70 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side
130 ft40 m
Town center
USGS map point for Plain View
210 ft65 m
Average of all land180 ft55 m

Elevation profile, west to east

5.6 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Plain View, North Carolina, shaded from 130 ft on the west side to 220 ft on the southeast side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Sampson County, North Carolina, United States
Population
1,923 2020 Census
Land area
16.7 sq mi
Density
115 per sq mi
Coordinates
35.2485° N, 78.5553° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
South River → Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 1
28334
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Benson240 ft
  2. Dunn200 ft
  3. Plain View190 ft
  4. Spivey's Corner190 ft
  5. Erwin190 ft
  6. Newton Grove180 ft
  7. Vann Crossroads180 ft
  8. Godwin160 ft
  9. Falcon140 ft
  10. Wade130 ft
  11. Linden110 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Killens Hill290 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (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.
  • Plain View is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones. All public domain.