Watertown, TN Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
840 ft 260 m790 ft 240 m770 ft 235 m710 ft 220 m660 ft 200 m640 ft 195 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- 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
- Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
- Click or tap anywhere
- The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
- Measure
- Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
- City area
- Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Watertown sits at about 680 ft (205 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
680 ft 205 m
most residents: 660–720 ft
Lowest
640 ft 195 m
on the north side
Highest
840 ft 260 m
on the northeast side
Average
690 ft 210 m
all land inside city limits
Watertown spans about 200 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 680 ft205 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the northeast side | 840 ft260 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the north side | 640 ft195 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Watertown | 660 ft200 m |
| Average of all land | 690 ft210 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
2.3 mi west to east through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Wilson County, Tennessee, United States
- Population
- 1,642 2024 est.
- Land area
- 1.4 sq mi
- Density
- 1,139 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 36.1003° N, 86.1319° W
- Time zone
- Central UTC−6 / −5
- Landform region
- Interior Low Plateaus
- Drains to
- Round Lick Creek → Cumberland River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- ZIP codes 1
- 37184
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Greenvale820 ft
- Norene800 ft
- Statesville780 ft
- Alexandria700 ft
- Auburntown690 ft
- Watertown680 ft
- Tuckers Crossroads630 ft
- Liberty620 ft
- Hickman600 ft
- Dowelltown590 ft
- Lebanon560 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Tennessee302nd highest of 504
- Towns in Wilson County4th highest of 10
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Mount Defiance1,320 ft
- Walnut Knob, Smith County1,250 ft
- Jennings Knob1,224 ft
- Pilot Knob, Smith County1,220 ft
- Hearn Hill1,070 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city 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 city 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.