Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AK Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska, shaded from 700 ft on the north side to 13,660 ft on Mount Hayes
Elevation
13,660 ft 4,165 m10,420 ft 3,175 m8,800 ft 2,685 m5,560 ft 1,695 m2,320 ft 710 m700 ft 215 m
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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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Area area
Fades everything outside the official census area boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Southeast Fairbanks Census Area averages about 2,900 ft (885 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 700 ft on the north side to 13,660 ft on Mount Hayes.

Average elevation
2,900 ft 885 m
all land inside the census area
Highest
13,660 ft 4,165 m
on Mount Hayes
Lowest
700 ft 215 m
on the north side

Southeast Fairbanks Census Area spans about 12,960 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land2,900 ft885 m
Highest point
Inside the census area, on Mount Hayes (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
13,660 ft4,165 m
Lowest point
Inside the census area, on the north side
700 ft215 m

Elevation profile, south to north

84 mi south to north through Deltana.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska, shaded from 700 ft on the north side to 13,660 ft on Mount Hayes
Census Area boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 1,000 ft (305 m).
Location
Census Area in Alaska, United States
Population
7,313 2024 est.
Land area
24,839.3 sq mi + 282.3 sq mi water
Density
0.3 per sq mi
Time zone
Alaska UTC−9 / −8
Drains to
Bering Sea 88%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring boroughs and census areas sharing a border, by average

  1. Copper River Census Area4,270 ft
  2. Matanuska-Susitna Borough2,930 ft
  3. Southeast Fairbanks Census Area2,900 ft
  4. Denali Borough2,730 ft
  5. Fairbanks North Star Borough1,660 ft
  6. Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area1,240 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Mount Hayes13,660 ft
  • Mount Moffit13,000 ft
  • Mount Shand12,640 ft
  • McGinnis Peak11,660 ft
  • Mount Balchen11,210 ft
All 17 towns in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area by typical elevation
  1. Chicken2,420 ft
  2. Alcan Border2,060 ft
  3. Dot Lake1,980 ft
  4. Northway1,710 ft
  5. Tetlin1,660 ft
  6. Tok1,640 ft
  7. Healy Lake1,580 ft
  8. Tanacross1,550 ft
  9. Dry Creek1,510 ft
  10. Dot Lake Village1,400 ft
  11. Fort Greely1,330 ft
  12. Eagle Village1,260 ft
  13. Delta Junction1,150 ft
  14. Deltana1,090 ft
  15. Big Delta1,040 ft
  16. Whitestone990 ft
  17. Eagle900 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census census area boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 7 arc-second (≈710 ft, 216 m) grid, coarsened from 1 arc-second so the whole area fits one run. Land means the boundary minus Census area water (on this grid, water areas of at least half a cell).
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 highest grid cells; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. Lowest: the lowest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 lowest grid cells; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring boroughs and census areas and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the census area with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the census area.
  • 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 (NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
  • Alaska: much of Alaska's 3DEP comes from airborne radar (IfSAR), good to a few meters.
  • 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, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.