The city has a total land area of 1.31 square miles, and an average elevation of 302 feet. There are few if any terrain features worth noting, it being located on the flat Mississippi Alluvial Plain.<ref>https://missouri.hometownlocator.com/mo/stoddard/bernie.cfm</ref> | The city has a total land area of 1.31 square miles, and an average elevation of 302 feet. There are few if any terrain features worth noting, it being located on the flat Mississippi Alluvial Plain.<ref>https://missouri.hometownlocator.com/mo/stoddard/bernie.cfm</ref> |