Richlands, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Richlands, North Carolina, shaded from 12 ft on the south side to 68 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
68 ft 21 m54 ft 17 m47 ft 14 m33 ft 10 m19 ft 6 m12 ft 4 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

Richlands sits at about 41 ft (13 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
41 ft 13 m
most residents: 38–60 ft
Lowest
12 ft 4 m
on the south side
Highest
68 ft 21 m
on the northwest side
Average
43 ft 13 m
all land inside town limits

Richlands spans about 56 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
41 ft13 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the northwest side
68 ft21 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the south side
12 ft4 m
Town center
USGS map point for Richlands
62 ft19 m
Airport (OAJ)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 5.2 mi southwest of the town limits
93 ft28 m
Average of all land43 ft13 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.6 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Richlands, North Carolina, shaded from 12 ft on the south side to 68 ft on the northwest side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Town in Onslow County, North Carolina, United States
Population
2,446 2024 est.
Land area
2.1 sq mi
Density
1,138 per sq mi
Coordinates
34.8993° N, 77.5466° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
New River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Albert J Ellis (OAJ) 93 ft
ZIP codes 1
28574
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Pink Hill130 ft
  2. Potters Hill94 ft
  3. Beulaville89 ft
  4. Catherine Lake74 ft
  5. Richlands41 ft
  6. Kellum41 ft
  7. Pumpkin Center41 ft
  8. Southwest36 ft
  9. Half Moon30 ft
  10. Trenton27 ft
  11. Jacksonville26 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

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. All public domain.