Richland County, SC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Richland County, South Carolina, shaded from 1 ft near the middle to 570 ft on the north side
Elevation
570 ft 175 m430 ft 130 m360 ft 110 m220 ft 65 m73 ft 22 m1 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
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Richland County averages about 260 ft (80 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1 ft near the middle to 570 ft on the north side.

Average elevation
260 ft 80 m
all land inside the county
Highest
570 ft 175 m
on the north side
Lowest
1 ft 0 m
near the middle

Richland County spans about 569 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 land260 ft80 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the north side
570 ft175 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, near the middle
1 ft0 m

Elevation profile, south to north

19 mi south to north through Columbia.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Richland County, South Carolina, shaded from 1 ft near the middle to 570 ft on the north side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
County in South Carolina, United States
Population
430,651 2024 est.
Land area
757.3 sq mi + 14.7 sq mi water
Density
569 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform regions
Coastal Plain 63%, Piedmont 37%
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Newberry County450 ft
  2. Fairfield County410 ft
  3. Lexington County400 ft
  4. Kershaw County300 ft
  5. Richland County260 ft
  6. Calhoun County230 ft
  7. Sumter County160 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Brice Hill390 ft
  • Cooks Mount370 ft
  • Quinine Hill350 ft
  • Green Hill Mound130 ft
  • Bradys Cattle Mount100 ft
All 16 towns in Richland County by typical elevation
  1. Blythewood460 ft
  2. Lake Murray of Richland380 ft
  3. Irmo340 ft
  4. Woodfield280 ft
  5. Dentsville270 ft
  6. St. Andrews270 ft
  7. Capitol View270 ft
  8. Columbia260 ft
  9. Forest Acres240 ft
  10. Arcadia Lakes220 ft
  11. Cayce partly190 ft
  12. Eastover190 ft
  13. Olympia180 ft
  14. Hopkins170 ft
  15. Arthurtown150 ft
  16. Gadsden150 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, −460 ft at 33.9738° N, 81.0371° 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.