Chitina, AK Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
5,690 ft 1,735 m4,370 ft 1,335 m3,720 ft 1,130 m2,400 ft 730 m1,090 ft 330 m430 ft 130 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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.
- Area
- Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Chitina sits at about 5,250 ft (1,600 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
5,250 ft 1,600 m
most residents: 1,150–5,250 ft
Lowest
430 ft 130 m
on the south side
Highest
5,690 ft 1,735 m
on the west side
Average
1,810 ft 550 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Chitina spans about 5,260 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 | 5,250 ft1,600 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side | 5,690 ft1,735 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the south side | 430 ft130 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Chitina | 570 ft175 m |
| Average of all land | 1,810 ft550 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
18 mi west to east through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 5,250 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
202.2 °F94.6 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
82% of sea level
24.7 inHg (83.5 kPa): each breath holds 18% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
17.3% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+11% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Copper River Census Area, Alaska, United States
- Population
- 101 2020 Census
- Land area
- 84.7 sq mi + 14.8 sq mi water
- Density
- 1.2 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 61.5158° N, 144.4369° W
- Time zone
- Alaska UTC−9 / −8
- Drains to
- Copper River → Gulf of Alaska
- ZIP codes 1
- 99566
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Chitina5,250 ft
- Tonsina2,030 ft
- Gakona1,790 ft
- Kenny Lake1,470 ft
- Glennallen1,460 ft
- McCarthy1,450 ft
- Willow Creek1,370 ft
- Gulkana1,360 ft
- Tazlina1,170 ft
- Silver Springs1,120 ft
- Copper Center1,110 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Alaskahighest of 355
- Towns in Copper River Census Areahighest of 20
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Scotty Peak7,390 ft
- Spirit Mountain7,280 ft
- Iron Mountain, Copper River Census Area6,620 ft
- Nelson Mountain5,468 ft
- Gilahina Butte2,793 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (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).
- Altitude effects: standard-atmosphere formulas applied to the typical elevation; UV from EPA's rule of thumb (about 2% per 1,000 ft).
- 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.
- Chitina is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
- Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS and Watershed Boundary Dataset; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.