Salcha, AK Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Salcha, Alaska, shaded from 550 ft on the northwest side to 1,770 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
1,770 ft 540 m1,460 ft 445 m1,310 ft 400 m1,000 ft 305 m700 ft 215 m550 ft 165 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
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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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Salcha sits at about 620 ft (190 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
620 ft 190 m
most residents: 570–980 ft
Lowest
550 ft 165 m
on the northwest side
Highest
1,770 ft 540 m
on the southeast side
Average
770 ft 235 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Salcha spans about 1,220 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
620 ft190 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side
1,770 ft540 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side
550 ft165 m
Average of all land770 ft235 m

Elevation profile, south to north

8.4 mi south to north through the middle of Salcha.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Salcha, Alaska, shaded from 550 ft on the northwest side to 1,770 ft on the southeast side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, United States
Population
977 2020 Census
Land area
75.2 sq mi + 1.7 sq mi water
Density
13 per sq mi
Coordinates
64.5351° N, 146.9832° W
Time zone
Alaska UTC−9 / −8
Drains to
Tanana River → Yukon River → Bering Sea
ZIP codes 1
99714
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Two Rivers910 ft
  2. Steele Creek840 ft
  3. Harding-Birch Lakes720 ft
  4. Salcha620 ft
  5. Pleasant Valley590 ft
  6. Eielson AFB540 ft
  7. Moose Creek520 ft
  8. North Pole490 ft
  9. Badger480 ft
  10. South Van Horn450 ft
  11. Fairbanks440 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • The Butte4,568 ft
  • Chena Dome4,427 ft
  • Granite Tors3,370 ft
  • Twin Buttes3,030 ft
  • Ester Dome2,370 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (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.
  • Salcha is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS and Watershed Boundary Dataset; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.