Lexington County, SC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lexington County, South Carolina, shaded from 110 ft on the east side to 680 ft on the west side
Elevation
680 ft 205 m530 ft 165 m460 ft 140 m320 ft 100 m180 ft 55 m110 ft 30 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

Lexington County averages about 400 ft (120 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 110 ft on the east side to 680 ft on the west side.

Average elevation
400 ft 120 m
all land inside the county
Highest
680 ft 205 m
on the west side
Lowest
110 ft 30 m
on the east side

Lexington County spans about 570 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 land400 ft120 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the west side
680 ft205 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the east side
110 ft30 m

Elevation profile, west to east

27 mi west to east through Lexington.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lexington County, South Carolina, shaded from 110 ft on the east side to 680 ft on the west side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
County in South Carolina, United States
Population
313,774 2024 est.
Land area
698.5 sq mi + 58.5 sq mi water
Density
449 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform regions
Coastal Plain 70%, Piedmont 30%
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Saluda County490 ft
  2. Newberry County450 ft
  3. Lexington County400 ft
  4. Aiken County370 ft
  5. Richland County260 ft
  6. Calhoun County230 ft
  7. Orangeburg County180 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Sand Mountain410 ft
  • Nursery Hill400 ft
All 21 towns in Lexington County by typical elevation
  1. Batesburg-Leesville640 ft
  2. Summit610 ft
  3. Gilbert560 ft
  4. Gaston450 ft
  5. Chapin440 ft
  6. Fairview Crossroads430 ft
  7. Edmund420 ft
  8. Pelion420 ft
  9. White Knoll370 ft
  10. Red Bank360 ft
  11. Lexington350 ft
  12. Swansea350 ft
  13. Irmo partly340 ft
  14. Oak Grove320 ft
  15. West Columbia270 ft
  16. Columbia partly260 ft
  17. Seven Oaks250 ft
  18. Springdale230 ft
  19. Pine Ridge220 ft
  20. South Congaree210 ft
  21. Cayce190 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, −390 ft at 33.9682° N, 81.0476° 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.