Sumter County, SC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sumter County, South Carolina, shaded from 74 ft on the southwest side to 430 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
430 ft 130 m340 ft 105 m300 ft 90 m210 ft 65 m120 ft 35 m74 ft 23 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

Sumter County averages about 160 ft (50 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 74 ft on the southwest side to 430 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
160 ft 50 m
all land inside the county
Highest
430 ft 130 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
74 ft 23 m
on the southwest side

Sumter County spans about 356 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 land160 ft50 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
430 ft130 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
74 ft23 m

Elevation profile, west to east

34 mi west to east through Sumter.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sumter County, South Carolina, shaded from 74 ft on the southwest side to 430 ft on the northwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in South Carolina, United States
Population
104,776 2024 est.
Land area
665.1 sq mi + 17.0 sq mi water
Density
158 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. Kershaw County300 ft
  2. Richland County260 ft
  3. Calhoun County230 ft
  4. Lee County210 ft
  5. Sumter County160 ft
  6. Clarendon County110 ft
  7. Florence County88 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 17 towns in Sumter County by typical elevation
  1. Oakland300 ft
  2. Stateburg270 ft
  3. Rembert240 ft
  4. Dalzell230 ft
  5. Wedgefield220 ft
  6. Cherryvale200 ft
  7. Pinewood190 ft
  8. Cane Savannah180 ft
  9. Privateer170 ft
  10. Sumter170 ft
  11. Lakewood170 ft
  12. South Sumter160 ft
  13. Oswego150 ft
  14. East Sumter150 ft
  15. Mulberry150 ft
  16. Mayesville140 ft
  17. Shiloh130 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.
  • 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.