Ruby, AK Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
860 ft 265 m690 ft 210 m600 ft 180 m420 ft 125 m240 ft 70 m150 ft 45 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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.
- City area
- Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Ruby sits at about 370 ft (115 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
370 ft 115 m
most residents: 230–540 ft
Lowest
150 ft 45 m
on the west side
Highest
860 ft 265 m
on the southwest side
Average
540 ft 165 m
all land inside city limits
Ruby spans about 710 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 | 370 ft115 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the southwest side | 860 ft265 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the west side | 150 ft45 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Ruby | 310 ft95 m |
| Average of all land | 540 ft165 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
2.5 mi south to north through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States
- Population
- 131 2024 est.
- Land area
- 7.0 sq mi
- Density
- 19 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 64.7394° N, 155.4869° W
- Time zone
- Alaska UTC−9 / −8
- Drains to
- Yukon River → Bering Sea
- ZIP codes 1
- 99768
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Alaska136th highest of 355
- Towns in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area21st highest of 38
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Wolf Mountain4,982 ft
- Hochandochtla Mountain3,180 ft
- Dulbatna Mountain2,800 ft
- Totson Mountain2,718 ft
- Yuki Mountain2,150 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.