Orangeburg County, SC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Orangeburg County, South Carolina, shaded from 0 ft on the southeast side to 420 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
420 ft 125 m310 ft 95 m260 ft 80 m160 ft 50 m52 ft 16 m0 ft 0 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

Orangeburg County averages about 180 ft (55 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 0 ft on the southeast side to 420 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
180 ft 55 m
all land inside the county
Highest
420 ft 125 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
on the southeast side

Orangeburg County spans about 420 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 land180 ft55 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
420 ft125 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
0 ft0 m

Elevation profile, west to east

54 mi west to east through Orangeburg.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Orangeburg County, South Carolina, shaded from 0 ft on the southeast side to 420 ft on the northwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in South Carolina, United States
Population
83,129 2024 est.
Land area
1,106.4 sq mi + 21.5 sq mi water
Density
75 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. Lexington County400 ft
  2. Aiken County370 ft
  3. Barnwell County240 ft
  4. Calhoun County230 ft
  5. Orangeburg County180 ft
  6. Bamberg County160 ft
  7. Clarendon County110 ft
  8. Dorchester County60 ft
  9. Colleton County49 ft
  10. Berkeley County43 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 20 towns in Orangeburg County by typical elevation
  1. Woodford370 ft
  2. Neeses340 ft
  3. Livingston330 ft
  4. Springfield290 ft
  5. North280 ft
  6. Brookdale250 ft
  7. Cordova240 ft
  8. Norway230 ft
  9. Orangeburg230 ft
  10. Edisto210 ft
  11. Wilkinson Heights210 ft
  12. Cope190 ft
  13. Elloree170 ft
  14. Rowesville160 ft
  15. Bowman140 ft
  16. Santee130 ft
  17. Vance130 ft
  18. Branchville120 ft
  19. Eutawville110 ft
  20. Holly Hill100 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, −7 ft at 33.2682° N, 80.4196° 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.