Kiana, AK Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Kiana, Alaska, shaded from 11 ft on the southwest side to 160 ft on the west side
Elevation
160 ft 50 m120 ft 40 m110 ft 30 m68 ft 21 m30 ft 9 m11 ft 3 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Kiana sits at about 120 ft (35 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
120 ft 35 m
most residents: 87–160 ft
Lowest
11 ft 3 m
on the southwest side
Highest
160 ft 50 m
on the west side
Average
110 ft 35 m
all land inside city limits

Kiana spans about 149 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
120 ft35 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the west side
160 ft50 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southwest side
11 ft3 m
Town center
USGS map point for Kiana
84 ft26 m
Airport (IAN)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 0.1 mi west of the city limits
179 ft55 m
Average of all land110 ft35 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.2 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Kiana, Alaska, shaded from 11 ft on the southwest side to 160 ft on the west side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, United States
Population
408 2024 est.
Land area
0.2 sq mi
Density
2,170 per sq mi
Coordinates
66.9750° N, 160.4228° W
Time zone
Alaska UTC−9 / −8
Drains to
Norton Sound
Airport
Bob Baker Memorial (IAN) 179 ft
ZIP codes 1
99749
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Red Dog Mine1,100 ft
  2. Kobuk190 ft
  3. Ambler130 ft
  4. Kiana120 ft
  5. Shungnak120 ft
  6. Noatak100 ft
  7. Noorvik44 ft
  8. Deering38 ft
  9. Buckland23 ft
  10. Selawik15 ft
  11. Kotzebue8 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Angayukaqsraq4,630 ft
  • Tututalak Mountain4,490 ft
  • Akiak Mountains4,040 ft
  • Deviation Peak2,680 ft
  • Hotham Peak1,647 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.