Koyuk, AK Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Koyuk, Alaska, shaded from 0 ft on the southwest side to 530 ft on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
530 ft 160 m400 ft 120 m330 ft 100 m200 ft 60 m66 ft 20 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

Koyuk sits at about 47 ft (14 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
47 ft 14 m
most residents: 25–94 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
on the southwest side
Highest
530 ft 160 m
on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
140 ft 40 m
all land inside city limits

Koyuk spans about 530 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
47 ft14 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
530 ft160 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southwest side
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Koyuk
23 ft7 m
Average of all land140 ft40 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.6 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Koyuk, Alaska, shaded from 0 ft on the southwest side to 530 ft on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
City in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States
Population
299 2024 est.
Land area
5.1 sq mi
Density
59 per sq mi
Coordinates
64.9319° N, 161.1569° W
Time zone
Alaska UTC−9 / −8
Drains to
Norton Sound
ZIP codes 1
99753
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Nulato260 ft
  2. Kaltag150 ft
  3. White Mountain140 ft
  4. Koyukuk130 ft
  5. Elim60 ft
  6. Koyuk47 ft
  7. Deering38 ft
  8. Golovin33 ft
  9. Buckland23 ft
  10. Unalakleet16 ft
  11. Shaktoolik14 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Debauch Mountain3,400 ft
  • Granite Mountain, Nome Census Area2,850 ft
  • Omilak Mountain2,670 ft
  • Christmas Mountain2,260 ft
  • Mount Kwiniuk2,076 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.
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 0 ft at 64.9235° N, 161.1871° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.