Chemung, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Chemung, New York, shaded from 760 ft on the east side to 1,780 ft on the west side
Elevation
1,780 ft 545 m1,530 ft 465 m1,400 ft 425 m1,150 ft 350 m890 ft 270 m760 ft 230 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

Chemung sits at about 990 ft (300 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
990 ft 300 m
most residents: 830–1,440 ft
Lowest
760 ft 230 m
on the east side
Highest
1,780 ft 545 m
on the west side
Average
1,190 ft 365 m
all land inside town boundaries

Chemung spans about 1,020 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
990 ft300 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the west side
1,780 ft545 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the east side
760 ft230 m
Town center
USGS map point for Chemung
850 ft260 m
Average of all land1,190 ft365 m

Elevation profile, west to east

7.3 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Chemung, New York, shaded from 760 ft on the east side to 1,780 ft on the west side
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Town in Chemung County, New York, United States
Population
2,285 2024 est.
Land area
49.5 sq mi + 0.6 sq mi water
Density
46 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.0084° N, 76.6238° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Susquehanna River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 5
14825 14859 14861 14892 14901
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Ridgebury Township, PA1,420 ft
  2. Town of Baldwin1,340 ft
  3. Chemung990 ft
  4. Ashland870 ft
  5. Waverly850 ft
  6. Wellsburg840 ft
  7. Greens Landing, PA830 ft
  8. Athens Township, PA830 ft
  9. South Waverly, PA820 ft
  10. Sayre, PA790 ft
  11. Athens, PA770 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • North Knob2,692 ft
  • Huckleberry Mountain2,580 ft
  • Frost Hill2,270 ft
  • Miller Mountain2,200 ft
  • Connecticut Hill2,100 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.