Fairfield, CT Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Fairfield, Connecticut, shaded from sea level level on Southport Harbor to 440 ft on Hoyden Hill
Elevation
440 ft 135 m330 ft 100 m280 ft 85 m170 ft 50 m55 ft 17 m0 ft 0 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Fairfield sits at about 110 ft (30 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
110 ft 30 m
most residents: 9–240 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Southport Harbor
Highest
440 ft 135 m
on Hoyden Hill
Average
150 ft 45 m
all land inside town boundaries

Fairfield spans about 440 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
110 ft30 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on Hoyden Hill
440 ft135 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Southport Harbor
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Fairfield
17 ft5 m
Airport (BDR)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 5.0 mi east of the town boundaries
9 ft3 m
Average of all land150 ft45 m

Elevation profile, south to north

6.8 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Fairfield, Connecticut, shaded from sea level level on Southport Harbor to 440 ft on Hoyden Hill
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States
Population
65,300 2024 est.
Land area
29.9 sq mi + 1.5 sq mi water
Density
2,183 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.1412° N, 73.2637° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Long Island Sound
Airport
Bridgeport/Sikorsky (BDR) 9 ft
ZIP codes 3
06824 06825 06890
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town boundaries, 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 town boundaries (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, −4 ft at 41.1287° N, 73.2849° 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.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; 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.