Southbury, CT Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Southbury, Connecticut, shaded from 97 ft on the south side to 850 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
850 ft 260 m660 ft 200 m560 ft 170 m380 ft 115 m190 ft 60 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
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

Southbury sits at about 410 ft (125 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
410 ft 125 m
most residents: 220–630 ft
Lowest
97 ft 30 m
on the south side
Highest
850 ft 260 m
on the northeast side
Average
440 ft 135 m
all land inside town boundaries

Southbury spans about 753 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
410 ft125 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the northeast side
850 ft260 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the south side
97 ft30 m
Town center
USGS map point for Southbury
240 ft75 m
Airport (OXC)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 1.1 mi east of the town boundaries
730 ft223 m
Average of all land440 ft135 m

Elevation profile, west to east

8.6 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Southbury, Connecticut, shaded from 97 ft on the south side to 850 ft on the northeast side
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States
Population
20,342 2024 est.
Land area
39.0 sq mi + 1.1 sq mi water
Density
522 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.4815° N, 73.2132° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Long Island Sound
Airport
Waterbury-Oxford (OXC) 730 ft
ZIP codes 1
06488
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Pawling, NY650 ft
  2. Patterson, NY620 ft
  3. Brewster Hill, NY580 ft
  4. Putnam Lake, NY560 ft
  5. Peach Lake, NY550 ft
  6. Southeast, NY540 ft
  7. North Salem, NY490 ft
  8. Village of Pawling, NY490 ft
  9. Wingdale, NY460 ft
  10. Brewster, NY420 ft
  11. Southbury410 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • High Peak3,650 ft
  • Mount Everett2,608 ft
  • Ticetonyk Mountain2,503 ft
  • Mount Don Bosco2,290 ft
  • South Beacon Mountain1,600 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.