Columbia, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Columbia, New York, shaded from 690 ft on the north side to 1,720 ft on the east side
Elevation
1,720 ft 525 m1,460 ft 445 m1,330 ft 405 m1,080 ft 330 m820 ft 250 m690 ft 210 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
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
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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

Columbia sits at about 1,480 ft (450 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,480 ft 450 m
most residents: 1,300–1,620 ft
Lowest
690 ft 210 m
on the north side
Highest
1,720 ft 525 m
on the east side
Average
1,480 ft 450 m
all land inside town boundaries

Columbia spans about 1,030 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
1,480 ft450 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the east side
1,720 ft525 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the north side
690 ft210 m
Average of all land1,480 ft450 m

Elevation profile, south to north

6.1 mi south to north through the middle of Columbia.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Columbia, New York, shaded from 690 ft on the north side to 1,720 ft on the east side
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Town in Herkimer County, New York, United States
Population
1,591 2024 est.
Land area
35.1 sq mi
Density
45 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.9290° N, 75.0463° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Susquehanna River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 5
13357 13361 13407 13439 13491
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Columbia1,480 ft
  2. Litchfield1,380 ft
  3. Richfield1,340 ft
  4. Richfield Springs1,310 ft
  5. Winfield1,250 ft
  6. South Ilion710 ft
  7. East Frankfort480 ft
  8. Ilion460 ft
  9. German Flatts450 ft
  10. Village of Mohawk420 ft
  11. Herkimer400 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Bearpen Mountain3,590 ft
  • Huntersfield Mountain3,421 ft
  • Hamilton Mountain3,250 ft
  • Three Ponds Mountain3,010 ft
  • Tenant Mountain2,767 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.