Town of Dunkirk, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Town of Dunkirk, New York, shaded from 570 ft on the northeast side to 780 ft on the east edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
780 ft 235 m730 ft 220 m700 ft 215 m650 ft 200 m600 ft 180 m570 ft 175 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
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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

Town of Dunkirk sits at about 630 ft (190 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
630 ft 190 m
most residents: 590–700 ft
Lowest
570 ft 175 m
on the northeast side
Highest
780 ft 235 m
on the east edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
640 ft 195 m
all land inside town boundaries

Town of Dunkirk spans about 210 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
630 ft190 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the east edge, below higher ground just outside
780 ft235 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the northeast side
570 ft175 m
Airport (DKK)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 1.2 mi northeast of the town boundaries
692 ft211 m
Average of all land640 ft195 m

Elevation profile, west to east

4.8 mi west to east through the middle of Town of Dunkirk.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Town of Dunkirk, New York, shaded from 570 ft on the northeast side to 780 ft on the east edge, below higher ground just outside
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Town in Chautauqua County, New York, United States
Population
1,202 2024 est.
Land area
6.2 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
193 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.4638° N, 79.3426° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Niagara River
Airport
Chautauqua County/Dunkirk (DKK) 692 ft
ZIP codes 1
14048
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Arkwright1,410 ft
  2. Stockton1,350 ft
  3. Cassadaga1,320 ft
  4. Forestville920 ft
  5. Sheridan750 ft
  6. Pomfret720 ft
  7. Fredonia720 ft
  8. Portland710 ft
  9. Brocton710 ft
  10. Town of Dunkirk630 ft
  11. Dunkirk610 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Luce Hill1,990 ft
  • South Hill, Chautauqua County1,950 ft
  • Dibble Hill1,900 ft
  • Round Top Hill1,670 ft
  • Pope Hill1,660 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.