Batavia, NY Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
940 ft 285 m920 ft 280 m910 ft 280 m900 ft 275 m880 ft 270 m870 ft 265 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 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
Batavia sits at about 900 ft (275 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
900 ft 275 m
most residents: 890–900 ft
Lowest
870 ft 265 m
on the east side
Highest
940 ft 285 m
on the north side
Average
900 ft 275 m
all land inside city limits
Batavia spans about 70 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 | 900 ft275 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the north side | 940 ft285 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the east side | 870 ft265 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Batavia | 890 ft270 m |
| Airport (GVQ) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 1.3 mi north of the city limits | 914 ft279 m |
| Average of all land | 900 ft275 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
2.1 mi south to north through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Genesee County, New York, United States
- Population
- 15,071 2024 est.
- Land area
- 5.2 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
- Density
- 2,901 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 42.9981° N, 78.1875° W
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- Central Lowland
- Drains to
- Tonawanda Creek → Niagara River
- Airport
- Genesee County (GVQ) 914 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 14020
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Bethany1,030 ft
- Village of Alexander970 ft
- Alexander970 ft
- Batavia900 ft
- Town of Batavia890 ft
- Stafford890 ft
- Village of Oakfield750 ft
- Oakfield750 ft
- Village of Elba750 ft
- Elba730 ft
- Byron650 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in New York715th highest of 2,097
- Towns in Genesee County6th highest of 20
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Frost Hill2,270 ft
- Scarff Hill1,400 ft
- Temperance Hill970 ft
- Casswell Hill730 ft
- Tower Hill, Genesee County720 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.