Meigs County, TN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Meigs County, Tennessee, shaded from 680 ft on the southwest side to 1,300 ft on the east side
Elevation
1,300 ft 395 m1,140 ft 350 m1,060 ft 325 m910 ft 275 m750 ft 230 m680 ft 205 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
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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Meigs County averages about 820 ft (250 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 680 ft on the southwest side to 1,300 ft on the east side.

Average elevation
820 ft 250 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,300 ft 395 m
on the east side
Lowest
680 ft 205 m
on the southwest side

Meigs County spans about 620 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 land820 ft250 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the east side
1,300 ft395 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
680 ft205 m

Elevation profile, south to north

8.9 mi south to north through Decatur.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Meigs County, Tennessee, shaded from 680 ft on the southwest side to 1,300 ft on the east side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
County in Tennessee, United States
Population
13,937 2024 est.
Land area
195.1 sq mi + 21.5 sq mi water
Density
71 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Valley and Ridge
Drains to
Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Rhea County1,180 ft
  2. Hamilton County990 ft
  3. Roane County930 ft
  4. McMinn County910 ft
  5. Bradley County860 ft
  6. Meigs County820 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Ten Mile Knob1,260 ft
  • Texas Knobs1,180 ft
  • Presley Hill1,040 ft
  • Stokes Hill1,010 ft
The one town in Meigs County
  1. Decatur800 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, 670 ft at 35.3449° N, 84.9029° 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.