Southampton County, VA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Southampton County, Virginia, shaded from 0 ft on the southeast side to 140 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
140 ft 40 m100 ft 30 m85 ft 26 m51 ft 16 m17 ft 5 m0 ft 0 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

Southampton County averages about 66 ft (20 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 0 ft on the southeast side to 140 ft on the southwest side.

Average elevation
66 ft 20 m
all land inside the county
Highest
140 ft 40 m
on the southwest side
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
on the southeast side

Southampton County spans about 140 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 land66 ft20 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
140 ft40 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
0 ft0 m

Elevation profile, west to east

27 mi west to east through Courtland.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Southampton County, Virginia, shaded from 0 ft on the southeast side to 140 ft on the southwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Virginia, United States
Population
17,941 2024 est.
Land area
599.2 sq mi + 3.1 sq mi water
Density
30 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain 98%
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Greensville County150 ft
  2. Sussex County98 ft
  3. Northampton County, NC95 ft
  4. Surry County81 ft
  5. Southampton County66 ft
  6. Isle of Wight County57 ft
  7. Suffolk city44 ft
  8. Hertford County, NC42 ft
  9. Franklin city39 ft
  10. Gates County, NC29 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Round Hill, Southampton County88 ft
All 8 towns in Southampton County by typical elevation
  1. Capron110 ft
  2. Newsoms92 ft
  3. Sedley88 ft
  4. Ivor85 ft
  5. Branchville42 ft
  6. Boykins39 ft
  7. Courtland28 ft
  8. Southampton Meadows19 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, −1 ft at 36.5482° N, 76.9313° 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.