Ruth, NC Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
1,080 ft 330 m1,040 ft 315 m1,020 ft 310 m970 ft 295 m930 ft 285 m910 ft 275 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
Ruth sits at about 1,000 ft (305 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
1,000 ft 305 m
most residents: 980–1,030 ft
Lowest
910 ft 275 m
on the northeast side
Highest
1,080 ft 330 m
on the northwest side
Average
1,010 ft 310 m
all land inside town limits
Ruth spans about 170 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 | 1,000 ft305 m |
| Highest point Inside town limits, on the northwest side | 1,080 ft330 m |
| Lowest point Inside town limits, on the northeast side | 910 ft275 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Ruth | 1,040 ft315 m |
| Airport (FQD) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.8 mi north of the town limits | 1,077 ft328 m |
| Average of all land | 1,010 ft310 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
0.7 mi west to east through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Town in Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States
- Population
- 358 2024 est.
- Land area
- 0.4 sq mi
- Density
- 844 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 35.3821° N, 81.9470° W
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- Piedmont
- Drains to
- Broad River → Santee River → Atlantic Ocean
- Airport
- Rutherford County/Marchman Field (FQD) 1,077 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 28139
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Lake Lure1,200 ft
- Spindale1,040 ft
- Ellenboro1,010 ft
- Ruth1,000 ft
- Forest City980 ft
- Rutherfordton960 ft
- Bostic920 ft
- Mooresboro880 ft
- Caroleen870 ft
- Cliffside810 ft
- Henrietta780 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in North Carolina146th highest of 782
- Towns in Rutherford County5th highest of 11
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Sugarloaf Mountain3,962 ft
- Hickorynut Mountain3,220 ft
- White Oak Mountain3,080 ft
- Icy Knob2,980 ft
- Youngs Mountain2,712 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.