The city lies on the northern edge of a rugged ridge that separates it from Newburg and Little Piney Creek just to the south, with the Gasconade River a few miles to the west. It has a total area of 2.68 square miles, and an average elevation of 955 feet.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120702145235/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref> | The city lies on the northern edge of a rugged ridge that separates it from Newburg and Little Piney Creek just to the south, with the Gasconade River a few miles to the west. It has a total area of 2.68 square miles, and an average elevation of 955 feet.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120702145235/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref> |