Berkeley County, SC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Berkeley County, South Carolina, shaded from 4 ft below sea level on the south side to 190 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
190 ft 55 m140 ft 45 m120 ft 35 m68 ft 21 m20 ft 6 m−4 ft −1 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

Berkeley County averages about 43 ft (13 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 4 ft below sea level on the south side to 190 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
43 ft 13 m
all land inside the county
Highest
190 ft 55 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
−4 ft −1 m
on the south side

Berkeley County spans about 194 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.

3% of Berkeley County's land lies below the average daily high tide (MHHW, NOAA), and 3% lies less than 3 ft above it. Check flood zones on FEMA's map

FigureElevation
Average of all land43 ft13 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
190 ft55 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the south side
−4 ft−1 m

Elevation profile, south to north

39 mi south to north through Goose Creek.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Berkeley County, South Carolina, shaded from 4 ft below sea level on the south side to 190 ft on the northwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in South Carolina, United States
Population
264,276 2024 est.
Land area
1,103.6 sq mi + 130.9 sq mi water
Density
239 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. Orangeburg County180 ft
  2. Clarendon County110 ft
  3. Dorchester County60 ft
  4. Williamsburg County52 ft
  5. Berkeley County43 ft
  6. Georgetown County18 ft
  7. Charleston County13 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Nelson Hill87 ft
  • Pleasant Hill47 ft
  • Persimmon Hill44 ft
  • Cedar Hill32 ft
All 14 towns in Berkeley County by typical elevation
  1. Pinopolis84 ft
  2. Bonneau Beach83 ft
  3. Russellville77 ft
  4. St. Stephen75 ft
  5. Sangaree67 ft
  6. Summerville partly59 ft
  7. Bonneau57 ft
  8. Moncks Corner47 ft
  9. Ladson40 ft
  10. Jamestown34 ft
  11. Goose Creek32 ft
  12. Hanahan22 ft
  13. Pimlico11 ft
  14. Charleston partly10 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 2 arc-second (≈200 ft, 62 m) grid, coarsened from 1 arc-second so the whole area fits one run. Land means the boundary minus Census area water (on this grid, water areas of at least half a cell).
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 highest grid cells. Lowest: the lowest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 lowest grid cells; 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, −4 ft at 32.8307° N, 79.9260° 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; NOAA tidal surfaces (MHHW). All public domain.