Independence, NY Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
2,440 ft 745 m2,240 ft 680 m2,130 ft 650 m1,930 ft 590 m1,720 ft 525 m1,620 ft 495 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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.
- Town area
- Fades everything outside the official town boundaries (US Census).
Elevation Data
Independence sits at about 2,080 ft (635 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
2,080 ft 635 m
most residents: 1,700–2,310 ft
Lowest
1,620 ft 495 m
on the southwest side
Highest
2,440 ft 745 m
on the south side
Average
2,090 ft 635 m
all land inside town boundaries
Independence spans about 820 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 | 2,080 ft635 m |
| Highest point Inside town boundaries, on the south side | 2,440 ft745 m |
| Lowest point Inside town boundaries, on the southwest side | 1,620 ft495 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Independence | 2,060 ft625 m |
| Average of all land | 2,090 ft635 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
7.2 mi south to north through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Town in Allegany County, New York, United States
- Population
- 1,082 2024 est.
- Land area
- 34.5 sq mi
- Density
- 31 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 42.0881° N, 77.7814° W
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- Appalachian Plateaus
- Drains to
- Genesee River
- ZIP codes 3
- 14806 14895 14897
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- West Union2,220 ft
- Independence2,080 ft
- Greenwood1,970 ft
- Genesee Township, PA1,880 ft
- Andover1,740 ft
- Willing1,730 ft
- Village of Andover1,670 ft
- Genesee, PA1,630 ft
- Stannards1,540 ft
- Wellsville1,520 ft
- Village of Wellsville1,510 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in New York8th highest of 2,097
- Towns in Allegany County2nd highest of 42
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Roundtop, Allegany County2,380 ft
- South Hill, Allegany County2,370 ft
- Beech Hill, Allegany County2,310 ft
- Frost Hill2,270 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).
- Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 1,620 ft at 42.0087° N, 77.8363° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
- 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.