Oconee County, SC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Oconee County, South Carolina, shaded from 610 ft on the southeast side to 3,290 ft on Fork Mountain
Elevation
3,290 ft 1,000 m2,620 ft 800 m2,280 ft 695 m1,620 ft 490 m950 ft 290 m610 ft 185 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

Oconee County averages about 1,130 ft (345 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 610 ft on the southeast side to 3,290 ft on Fork Mountain.

Average elevation
1,130 ft 345 m
all land inside the county
Highest
3,290 ft 1,000 m
on Fork Mountain
Lowest
610 ft 185 m
on the southeast side

Oconee County spans about 2,680 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 land1,130 ft345 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Fork Mountain
3,290 ft1,000 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
610 ft185 m

Elevation profile, south to north

36 mi south to north through Seneca.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Oconee County, South Carolina, shaded from 610 ft on the southeast side to 3,290 ft on Fork Mountain
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
County in South Carolina, United States
Population
82,475 2024 est.
Land area
626.6 sq mi + 47.0 sq mi water
Density
132 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform regions
Piedmont 64%, Blue Ridge 36%
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Jackson County, NC3,380 ft
  2. Macon County, NC3,100 ft
  3. Transylvania County, NC2,860 ft
  4. Rabun County, GA2,310 ft
  5. Habersham County, GA1,540 ft
  6. Oconee County1,130 ft
  7. Pickens County1,110 ft
  8. Stephens County, GA920 ft
  9. Hart County, GA760 ft
  10. Anderson County760 ft
  11. Franklin County, GA750 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Fork Mountain3,290 ft
  • Medlin Mountain3,170 ft
  • Persimmon Mountain3,110 ft
  • Buck Knob3,110 ft
  • Burrells Mountain3,010 ft
All 13 towns in Oconee County by typical elevation
  1. Longcreek1,640 ft
  2. Tamassee1,060 ft
  3. Salem1,030 ft
  4. Walhalla1,000 ft
  5. West Union950 ft
  6. Seneca910 ft
  7. Utica900 ft
  8. Westminster900 ft
  9. Keowee Key870 ft
  10. South Union860 ft
  11. Newry780 ft
  12. Fair Play780 ft
  13. Chickasaw Point760 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.
  • Highest ground: the single highest 3DEP cell, 3,290 ft at 35.0118° N, 83.0690° W, has no federal (GNIS) summit name within 980 ft (300 m), so the high point shown is the highest of the 25 highest cells with a GNIS summit within 1,640 ft (500 m).
  • 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.