Plainfield, CT Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Plainfield, Connecticut, shaded from 97 ft on the west side to 610 ft on the east side
Elevation
610 ft 185 m480 ft 145 m420 ft 125 m290 ft 90 m160 ft 50 m97 ft 30 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
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Town area
Fades everything outside the official town boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Plainfield sits at about 240 ft (75 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
240 ft 75 m
most residents: 160–380 ft
Lowest
97 ft 30 m
on the west side
Highest
610 ft 185 m
on the east side
Average
290 ft 90 m
all land inside town boundaries

Plainfield spans about 513 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
240 ft75 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the east side
610 ft185 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the west side
97 ft30 m
Town center
USGS map point for Plainfield
200 ft60 m
Average of all land290 ft90 m

Elevation profile, west to east

5.2 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Plainfield, Connecticut, shaded from 97 ft on the west side to 610 ft on the east side
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Town in Windham County, Connecticut, United States
Population
15,315 2024 est.
Land area
42.4 sq mi + 0.6 sq mi water
Density
361 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.6765° N, 71.9151° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Long Island Sound
ZIP codes 5
06239 06332 06354 06374 06387
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Foster, RI550 ft
  2. Greene, RI500 ft
  3. Foster Center, RI500 ft
  4. Clayville, RI470 ft
  5. Scituate, RI400 ft
  6. West Greenwich, RI390 ft
  7. Coventry, RI260 ft
  8. Plainfield240 ft
  9. Hopkinton, RI130 ft
  10. Wyoming, RI130 ft
  11. Hope Valley, RI120 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Half Hill Rock560 ft
  • Hopkins Hill, Windham County550 ft
  • Holmes Hill470 ft
  • Black Hill350 ft
  • Shepherd Hill340 ft
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).
  • 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); BTS time zones. All public domain.