Branford Center, CT Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Branford Center, Connecticut, shaded from sea level level on Long Island Sound to 110 ft on the north side
Elevation
110 ft 35 m81 ft 25 m68 ft 21 m41 ft 12 m14 ft 4 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
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

Branford Center sits at about 17 ft (5 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
17 ft 5 m
most residents: 2–64 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Long Island Sound
Highest
110 ft 35 m
on the north side
Average
26 ft 8 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Branford Center spans about 110 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
17 ft5 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the north side
110 ft35 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Long Island Sound
0 ft0 m
Airport (HVN)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.9 mi west of the CDP boundary
13 ft4 m
Average of all land26 ft8 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.9 mi south to north through the middle of Branford Center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Branford Center, Connecticut, shaded from sea level level on Long Island Sound to 110 ft on the north side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States
Population
6,026 2020 Census
Land area
1.9 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
Density
3,228 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.2788° N, 72.8133° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Long Island Sound
Airport
Tweed/New Haven (HVN) 13 ft
ZIP codes 1
06405
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Sound Beach, NY150 ft
  2. Rocky Point, NY140 ft
  3. Miller Place, NY140 ft
  4. East Shoreham, NY130 ft
  5. Shoreham, NY120 ft
  6. Baiting Hollow, NY120 ft
  7. Wading River, NY100 ft
  8. Northville, NY50 ft
  9. Mattituck, NY24 ft
  10. Peconic, NY20 ft
  11. Branford Center17 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • South Beacon Mountain1,600 ft
  • Cherry Hill, New Haven County170 ft
  • Branford Hill140 ft
  • Sunset Hill, New Haven County130 ft
  • Baldwin Hill, New Haven County110 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).
  • 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, −3 ft at 41.2640° N, 72.8268° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted; this coastal land's lowest point is sea level on the coast.
  • 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.
  • Branford Center is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.