Wilson County, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Wilson County, North Carolina, shaded from 1 ft on the west side to 320 ft on the west side
Elevation
320 ft 100 m240 ft 75 m200 ft 60 m120 ft 35 m41 ft 13 m1 ft 0 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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
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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Wilson County averages about 130 ft (40 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1 ft on the west side to 320 ft on the west side.

Average elevation
130 ft 40 m
all land inside the county
Highest
320 ft 100 m
on the west side
Lowest
1 ft 0 m
on the west side

Wilson County spans about 319 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, on the west side
320 ft100 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the west side
1 ft0 m

Elevation profile, west to east

26 mi west to east through Wilson.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Wilson County, North Carolina, shaded from 1 ft on the west side to 320 ft on the west side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in North Carolina, United States
Population
79,958 2024 est.
Land area
367.6 sq mi + 5.5 sq mi water
Density
218 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. Johnston County190 ft
  2. Nash County190 ft
  3. Wilson County130 ft
  4. Wayne County120 ft
  5. Greene County81 ft
  6. Edgecombe County79 ft
  7. Pitt County48 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 9 towns in Wilson County by typical elevation
  1. Sims220 ft
  2. Kenly partly190 ft
  3. Sharpsburg partly140 ft
  4. Elm City130 ft
  5. Wilson130 ft
  6. Lucama130 ft
  7. Black Creek120 ft
  8. Saratoga120 ft
  9. Stantonsburg89 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.
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, −150 ft at 35.7626° N, 78.0801° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.