Genesee, ID Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
2,810 ft 855 m2,770 ft 845 m2,750 ft 840 m2,710 ft 825 m2,670 ft 815 m2,650 ft 810 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- 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.
- Click or tap anywhere
- The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
- Measure
- Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
- City area
- Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Genesee sits at about 2,690 ft (820 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
2,690 ft 820 m
most residents: 2,660–2,750 ft
Lowest
2,650 ft 810 m
on the southwest side
Highest
2,810 ft 855 m
on the north side
Average
2,700 ft 825 m
all land inside city limits
Genesee spans about 160 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 2,690 ft820 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the north side | 2,810 ft855 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the southwest side | 2,650 ft810 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Genesee | 2,680 ft815 m |
| Airport (LWS) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 12 mi south of the city limits | 1,442 ft440 m |
| Average of all land | 2,700 ft825 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
0.7 mi south to north through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Latah County, Idaho, United States
- Population
- 1,103 2024 est.
- Land area
- 0.6 sq mi
- Density
- 1,796 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 46.5507° N, 116.9254° W
- Time zone
- Pacific UTC−8 / −7
- Landform region
- Columbia Plateau
- Drains to
- Union Flat Creek → Palouse River → Snake River → Columbia River → Pacific Ocean
- Airport
- Lewiston/nez Perce County (LWS) 1,442 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 83832
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Genesee2,690 ft
- Moscow2,620 ft
- Uniontown, WA2,600 ft
- Colton, WA2,580 ft
- Sweetwater1,410 ft
- Lewiston1,360 ft
- Juliaetta1,190 ft
- Clarkston Heights-Vineland, WA1,160 ft
- Lapwai970 ft
- West Clarkston-Highland, WA880 ft
- Clarkston, WA830 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Idaho151st highest of 234
- Towns in Latah County4th highest of 11
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Mica Mountain5,050 ft
- Moscow Mountain4,987 ft
- East Gold Hill4,681 ft
- McGary Butte4,461 ft
- Tamarack Ridge4,300 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, 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 city limits (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.