Sampson County, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sampson County, North Carolina, shaded from 10 ft on the south side to 290 ft near the middle
Elevation
290 ft 90 m220 ft 70 m190 ft 55 m120 ft 35 m45 ft 14 m10 ft 3 m
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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

Sampson County averages about 130 ft (40 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 10 ft on the south side to 290 ft near the middle.

Average elevation
130 ft 40 m
all land inside the county
Highest
290 ft 90 m
near the middle
Lowest
10 ft 3 m
on the south side

Sampson County spans about 280 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.

FigureElevation
Average of all land130 ft40 m
Highest point
Inside the county, near the middle
290 ft90 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the south side
10 ft3 m

Elevation profile, south to north

44 mi south to north through Clinton.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sampson County, North Carolina, shaded from 10 ft on the south side to 290 ft near the middle
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in North Carolina, United States
Population
60,404 2024 est.
Land area
945.9 sq mi + 1.9 sq mi water
Density
64 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. Harnett County250 ft
  2. Johnston County190 ft
  3. Cumberland County150 ft
  4. Sampson County130 ft
  5. Wayne County120 ft
  6. Duplin County95 ft
  7. Bladen County83 ft
  8. Pender County35 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 16 towns in Sampson County by typical elevation
  1. Plain View190 ft
  2. Spivey's Corner190 ft
  3. Newton Grove180 ft
  4. Vann Crossroads180 ft
  5. Keener170 ft
  6. Salemburg160 ft
  7. Clinton150 ft
  8. Turkey150 ft
  9. Roseboro130 ft
  10. Garland130 ft
  11. Autryville120 ft
  12. Delway120 ft
  13. Bonnetsville120 ft
  14. Ingold100 ft
  15. Harrells78 ft
  16. Ivanhoe65 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. All public domain.