Klawock, AK Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Klawock, Alaska, shaded from sea level level on Klawock Harbor to 170 ft on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
170 ft 50 m130 ft 40 m100 ft 30 m63 ft 19 m21 ft 6 m0 ft 0 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

Klawock sits at about 73 ft (22 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
73 ft 22 m
most residents: 20–120 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Klawock Harbor
Highest
170 ft 50 m
on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
72 ft 22 m
all land inside city limits

Klawock spans about 170 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
73 ft22 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
170 ft50 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Klawock Harbor
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Klawock
68 ft21 m
Airport (AKW)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 1.3 mi northeast of the city limits
80 ft24 m
Average of all land72 ft22 m
Nearest peak
Sunny Hay Mountain, 5.7 mi south of the city limits
2,920 ft890 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.0 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Klawock, Alaska, shaded from sea level level on Klawock Harbor to 170 ft on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, United States
Population
717 2024 est.
Land area
0.7 sq mi + 0.3 sq mi water
Density
1,053 per sq mi
Coordinates
55.5522° N, 133.0958° W
Time zone
Alaska UTC−9 / −8
Drains to
Pacific Ocean
Airport
Klawock (AKW) 80 ft
ZIP codes 1
99925
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Kasaan540 ft
  2. Whale Pass480 ft
  3. Edna Bay320 ft
  4. Port Protection280 ft
  5. Thorne Bay140 ft
  6. Hollis120 ft
  7. Klawock73 ft
  8. Craig69 ft
  9. Naukati Bay62 ft
  10. Coffman Cove54 ft
  11. Hydaburg52 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Harris Peak3,380 ft
  • Kogish Mountain2,930 ft
  • Sunny Hay Mountain2,920 ft
  • Twin Mountain, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area2,690 ft
  • Bautista Peak2,050 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. All public domain.