Whiteville, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Whiteville, North Carolina, shaded from 50 ft on the south side to 120 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
120 ft 35 m100 ft 30 m93 ft 28 m75 ft 23 m58 ft 18 m50 ft 15 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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Whiteville sits at about 77 ft (23 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
77 ft 23 m
most residents: 64–91 ft
Lowest
50 ft 15 m
on the south side
Highest
120 ft 35 m
on the northwest side
Average
74 ft 23 m
all land inside city limits

Whiteville spans about 70 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
77 ft23 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the northwest side
120 ft35 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the south side
50 ft15 m
Town center
USGS map point for Whiteville
98 ft30 m
Airport (CPC)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 1.4 mi south of the city limits
99 ft30 m
Average of all land74 ft23 m

Elevation profile, south to north

2.6 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Whiteville, North Carolina, shaded from 50 ft on the south side to 120 ft on the northwest side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Columbus County, North Carolina, United States
Population
4,688 2024 est.
Land area
5.6 sq mi
Density
843 per sq mi
Coordinates
34.3388° N, 78.7031° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Waccamaw River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Columbus County Regional (CPC) 99 ft
ZIP codes 1
28472
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Bladenboro120 ft
  2. Chadbourn100 ft
  3. Tabor City100 ft
  4. Evergreen99 ft
  5. Cerro Gordo93 ft
  6. Brunswick92 ft
  7. Clarkton90 ft
  8. Boardman85 ft
  9. Whiteville77 ft
  10. Hallsboro57 ft
  11. Lake Waccamaw56 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Lynn Hill119 ft
  • Wolf Hill100 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city 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 city 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.