Chefornak, AK Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Chefornak, Alaska, shaded from 2 ft on the northeast side to 51 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
51 ft 15 m38 ft 12 m32 ft 10 m20 ft 6 m8 ft 2 m2 ft 1 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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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City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Chefornak sits at about 9 ft (3 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
9 ft 3 m
most residents: 9–23 ft
Lowest
2 ft 1 m
on the northeast side
Highest
51 ft 15 m
on the southwest side
Average
14 ft 4 m
all land inside city limits

Chefornak spans about 49 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.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
9 ft3 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the southwest side
51 ft15 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the northeast side
2 ft1 m
Town center
USGS map point for Chefornak
5 ft2 m
Airport (CFK)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 0.3 mi south of the city limits
54 ft16 m
Average of all land14 ft4 m

Elevation profile, south to north

2.0 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Chefornak, Alaska, shaded from 2 ft on the northeast side to 51 ft on the southwest side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States
Population
490 2024 est.
Land area
5.2 sq mi + 0.8 sq mi water
Density
95 per sq mi
Coordinates
60.1600° N, 164.2658° W
Time zone
Alaska UTC−9 / −8
Drains to
Bering Sea
Airport
Chefornak (CFK) 54 ft
ZIP codes 1
99561
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Tununak300 ft
  2. Mertarvik200 ft
  3. Toksook Bay51 ft
  4. Mekoryuk50 ft
  5. Kongiganak28 ft
  6. Kwigillingok10 ft
  7. Nightmute9 ft
  8. Chefornak9 ft
  9. Kipnuk9 ft
  10. Newtok8 ft
  11. Tuntutuliak8 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Erchakrtuk Mountain1,490 ft
  • Kitnik Mountain1,140 ft
  • Tern Mountain448 ft
  • Cheeching Mountain302 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). Much of Alaska's 3DEP comes from airborne radar (IfSAR), good to a few meters.
  • 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 and Watershed Boundary Dataset; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.