Swansea, SC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Swansea, South Carolina, shaded from 280 ft on the south side to 470 ft on the north side
Elevation
470 ft 145 m420 ft 130 m400 ft 120 m350 ft 105 m300 ft 90 m280 ft 85 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
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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

Swansea sits at about 350 ft (105 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
350 ft 105 m
most residents: 310–380 ft
Lowest
280 ft 85 m
on the south side
Highest
470 ft 145 m
on the north side
Average
350 ft 105 m
all land inside town limits

Swansea spans about 190 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
350 ft105 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the north side
470 ft145 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the south side
280 ft85 m
Town center
USGS map point for Swansea
360 ft110 m
Airport (CAE)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 9.6 mi north of the town limits
236 ft72 m
Average of all land350 ft105 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.9 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Swansea, South Carolina, shaded from 280 ft on the south side to 470 ft on the north side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Town in Lexington County, South Carolina, United States
Population
771 2024 est.
Land area
2.1 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
367 per sq mi
Coordinates
33.7382° N, 81.0979° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
North Fork Edisto River → Edisto River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Columbia Metro (CAE) 236 ft
ZIP codes 1
29160
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Gaston450 ft
  2. Edmund420 ft
  3. Pelion420 ft
  4. Woodford370 ft
  5. White Knoll370 ft
  6. Swansea350 ft
  7. Neeses340 ft
  8. Livingston330 ft
  9. North280 ft
  10. Pine Ridge220 ft
  11. South Congaree210 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Sand Mountain410 ft
  • Haigs Hill380 ft
  • Red Hill310 ft
  • Green Hill Mound130 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. All public domain.