Ridgeland, SC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Ridgeland, South Carolina, shaded from −5 ft on the east side to 86 ft on the north side
Elevation
86 ft 26 m63 ft 19 m52 ft 16 m29 ft 9 m6 ft 2 m−5 ft −2 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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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Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Ridgeland sits at about 44 ft (13 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
44 ft 13 m
most residents: 36–63 ft
Lowest
−5 ft −1 m
on the east side
Highest
86 ft 26 m
on the north side
Average
23 ft 7 m
all land inside town limits

Ridgeland spans about 91 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.

12% of Ridgeland's land lies below the average daily high tide (MHHW, NOAA), and 5% lies less than 3 ft above it. Check flood zones on FEMA's map

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
44 ft13 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the north side
86 ft26 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the east side
−5 ft−1 m
Town center
USGS map point for Ridgeland
57 ft17 m
Airport (3J1)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 0.1 mi northwest of the town limits
85 ft26 m
Average of all land23 ft7 m

Elevation profile, west to east

11 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Ridgeland, South Carolina, shaded from −5 ft on the east side to 86 ft on the north side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Town in Jasper County, South Carolina, United States
Population
3,744 2024 est.
Land area
48.3 sq mi + 0.5 sq mi water
Density
77 per sq mi
Coordinates
32.4807° N, 80.9804° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Ridgeland-Claude Dean (3J1) 85 ft
ZIP codes 2
29909 29936
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Gillisonville72 ft
  2. Ridgeland44 ft
  3. Yemassee43 ft
  4. Laurel Bay33 ft
  5. Burton20 ft
  6. Sheldon16 ft
  7. Hardeeville16 ft
  8. Shell Point15 ft
  9. Lobeco14 ft
  10. Coosawhatchie14 ft
  11. Seabrook11 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Honey Hill55 ft
  • Partridge Hill36 ft
  • Prevent Knoll20 ft
  • Calabash Knoll20 ft
  • Barnwell Hill, Jasper County19 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town limits, 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 town limits (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.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA tidal surfaces (MHHW). All public domain.