Laurens County, SC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Laurens County, South Carolina, shaded from 330 ft on the east side to 947 ft on Little Knob
Elevation
950 ft 290 m790 ft 240 m720 ft 220 m560 ft 170 m410 ft 125 m330 ft 100 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
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Elevation Data

Laurens County averages about 600 ft (185 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 330 ft on the east side to 947 ft on Little Knob.

Average elevation
600 ft 185 m
all land inside the county
Highest
947 ft 289 m
on Little Knob
Lowest
330 ft 100 m
on the east side

Laurens County spans about 620 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 land600 ft185 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Little Knob (NGS survey height)
947 ft289 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the east side
330 ft100 m

Elevation profile, west to east

35 mi west to east through Laurens.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Laurens County, South Carolina, shaded from 330 ft on the east side to 947 ft on Little Knob
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in South Carolina, United States
Population
70,545 2024 est.
Land area
712.9 sq mi + 10.1 sq mi water
Density
99 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Greenville County1,080 ft
  2. Spartanburg County780 ft
  3. Laurens County600 ft
  4. Abbeville County570 ft
  5. Greenwood County540 ft
  6. Union County500 ft
  7. Newberry County450 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Little Knob947 ft
  • Big Knob930 ft
  • Birds Mountain700 ft
All 10 towns in Laurens County by typical elevation
  1. Fountain Inn partly820 ft
  2. Gray Court780 ft
  3. Princeton720 ft
  4. Watts Mills680 ft
  5. Clinton660 ft
  6. Laurens640 ft
  7. Mountville620 ft
  8. Waterloo590 ft
  9. Joanna580 ft
  10. Cross Hill570 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; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. 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.