Anderson, SC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Anderson, South Carolina, shaded from 650 ft on the southeast side to 870 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
870 ft 265 m820 ft 250 m790 ft 240 m730 ft 225 m670 ft 205 m650 ft 195 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
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City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Anderson sits at about 760 ft (230 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
760 ft 230 m
most residents: 720–810 ft
Lowest
650 ft 195 m
on the southeast side
Highest
870 ft 265 m
on the northeast side
Average
750 ft 230 m
all land inside city limits

Anderson spans about 220 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
760 ft230 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the northeast side
870 ft265 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southeast side
650 ft195 m
Town center
USGS map point for Anderson
790 ft240 m
Airport (AND)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 1.7 mi west of the city limits
782 ft238 m
Average of all land750 ft230 m

Elevation profile, west to east

3.6 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Anderson, South Carolina, shaded from 650 ft on the southeast side to 870 ft on the northeast side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in Anderson County, South Carolina, United States
Population
30,937 2024 est.
Land area
16.6 sq mi
Density
1,865 per sq mi
Coordinates
34.5034° N, 82.6501° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Savannah River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Anderson Regional (AND) 782 ft
ZIP codes 3
29621 29624 29625
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Belton850 ft
  2. Williamston830 ft
  3. Pendleton800 ft
  4. Sandy Springs790 ft
  5. Centerville790 ft
  6. Homeland Park790 ft
  7. La France760 ft
  8. Anderson760 ft
  9. Starr760 ft
  10. Northlake730 ft
  11. Iva700 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Tray Mountain4,400 ft
  • Yonah Mountain3,160 ft
  • Oakey Mountain3,147 ft
  • Little Mountain, Anderson County897 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.