Rains, SC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Rains, South Carolina, shaded from 48 ft on the southwest side to 100 ft near the middle
Elevation
100 ft 30 m91 ft 28 m84 ft 26 m70 ft 21 m55 ft 17 m48 ft 15 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Rains sits at about 82 ft (25 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
82 ft 25 m
most residents: 76–86 ft
Lowest
48 ft 15 m
on the southwest side
Highest
100 ft 30 m
near the middle
Average
74 ft 23 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Rains spans about 52 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
82 ft25 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, near the middle
100 ft30 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side
48 ft15 m
Airport (MAO)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 5.2 mi north of the CDP boundary
93 ft28 m
Average of all land74 ft23 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.1 mi west to east through the middle of Rains.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Rains, South Carolina, shaded from 48 ft on the southwest side to 100 ft near the middle
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Marion County, South Carolina, United States
Population
242 2020 Census
Land area
1.3 sq mi
Density
181 per sq mi
Coordinates
34.0955° N, 79.3187° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Great Pee Dee River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Marion County (MAO) 93 ft
ZIP codes 2
29574 29589
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Zion100 ft
  2. Aynor98 ft
  3. Floydale98 ft
  4. Mullins96 ft
  5. Sellers83 ft
  6. Rains82 ft
  7. Marion70 ft
  8. Ketchuptown60 ft
  9. Centenary56 ft
  10. Nichols52 ft
  11. Daviston45 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Big Sand Hills51 ft
  • Half Moon Sand Hills45 ft
  • River Hill43 ft
  • Heaven Hill34 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census CDP boundary (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) 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).
  • 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 (FAA airport elevation, 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.
  • Rains is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.