Kwethluk, AK Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Kwethluk, Alaska, shaded from 9 ft on the southwest side to 96 ft on the south side
Elevation
96 ft 29 m74 ft 23 m63 ft 19 m41 ft 13 m20 ft 6 m9 ft 3 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

Kwethluk sits at about 18 ft (5 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
18 ft 5 m
most residents: 17–21 ft
Lowest
9 ft 3 m
on the southwest side
Highest
96 ft 29 m
on the south side
Average
22 ft 7 m
all land inside city limits

Kwethluk spans about 87 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
18 ft5 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the south side
96 ft29 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southwest side
9 ft3 m
Town center
USGS map point for Kwethluk
10 ft3 m
Airport (BET)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 12 mi west of the city limits
129 ft39 m
Average of all land22 ft7 m

Elevation profile, south to north

3.0 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Kwethluk, Alaska, shaded from 9 ft on the southwest side to 96 ft on the south side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States
Population
780 2024 est.
Land area
10.1 sq mi + 1.7 sq mi water
Density
77 per sq mi
Coordinates
60.8122° N, 161.4358° W
Time zone
Alaska UTC−9 / −8
Drains to
Kuskokwim River → Bering Sea
Airport
Bethel (BET) 129 ft
ZIP codes 1
99621
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Tuluksak40 ft
  2. Bethel38 ft
  3. Kasigluk32 ft
  4. Akiak27 ft
  5. Akiachak20 ft
  6. Kwethluk18 ft
  7. Oscarville14 ft
  8. Napaskiak14 ft
  9. Napakiak13 ft
  10. Atmautluak9 ft
  11. Nunapitchuk9 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Marvel Dome3,773 ft
  • Greenstone Ridge3,150 ft
  • Fisher Dome2,979 ft
  • Breast Mountain2,420 ft
  • Spein Mountain2,370 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.