Fairfield Township, NJ Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Fairfield Township, New Jersey, shaded from 160 ft on the northeast side to 410 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
410 ft 125 m340 ft 105 m310 ft 95 m250 ft 75 m190 ft 60 m160 ft 50 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.
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.
Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Fairfield Township sits at about 170 ft (50 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
170 ft 50 m
most residents: 170–190 ft
Lowest
160 ft 50 m
on the northeast side
Highest
410 ft 125 m
on the southeast side
Average
170 ft 50 m
all land inside township boundaries

Fairfield Township spans about 250 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
170 ft50 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southeast side
410 ft125 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northeast side
160 ft50 m
Town center
USGS map point for Fairfield Township
180 ft55 m
Airport (EWR)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 13 mi southeast of the township boundaries
18 ft5 m
Average of all land170 ft50 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Fairfield Township, New Jersey, shaded from 160 ft on the northeast side to 410 ft on the southeast side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States
Population
8,204 2024 est.
Land area
10.1 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
Density
810 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.8837° N, 74.3060° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Passaic River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Newark Liberty International (EWR) 18 ft
ZIP codes 1
07004
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Essex Fells500 ft
  2. North Caldwell500 ft
  3. Caldwell380 ft
  4. Towaco310 ft
  5. Wayne Township280 ft
  6. Lake Hiawatha270 ft
  7. West Caldwell Township250 ft
  8. Lincoln Park180 ft
  9. Pine Brook180 ft
  10. Fairfield Township170 ft
  11. Singac170 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Waughaw Mountain880 ft
  • Riker Hill540 ft
  • Packanack Mountain, Passaic County480 ft
  • Towackhow Mountain450 ft
  • Toms Point220 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the township 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 township 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. All public domain.