Niagara County, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Niagara County, New York, shaded from 240 ft on the east side to 730 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
730 ft 220 m610 ft 185 m550 ft 165 m430 ft 130 m300 ft 95 m240 ft 75 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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
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.
County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Niagara County averages about 460 ft (140 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 240 ft on the east side to 730 ft on the southwest side.

Average elevation
460 ft 140 m
all land inside the county
Highest
730 ft 220 m
on the southwest side
Lowest
240 ft 75 m
on the east side

Niagara County spans about 490 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land460 ft140 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
730 ft220 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the east side
240 ft75 m

Elevation profile, south to north

30 mi south to north through Niagara Falls.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Niagara County, New York, shaded from 240 ft on the east side to 730 ft on the southwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in New York, United States
Population
209,570 2024 est.
Land area
522.3 sq mi + 617.3 sq mi water
Density
401 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland 99%
Drains to
Great Lakes
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Erie County940 ft
  2. Genesee County850 ft
  3. Orleans County480 ft
  4. Niagara County460 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 27 towns in Niagara County by typical elevation
  1. Sanborn640 ft
  2. City of Lockport620 ft
  3. South Lockport610 ft
  4. Lockport600 ft
  5. Niagara600 ft
  6. Cambria600 ft
  7. Niagara University600 ft
  8. Royalton590 ft
  9. Rapids590 ft
  10. Pendleton590 ft
  11. Niagara Falls580 ft
  12. Wheatfield580 ft
  13. North Tonawanda580 ft
  14. Gasport530 ft
  15. Middleport520 ft
  16. Hartland380 ft
  17. Lewiston360 ft
  18. Village of Lewiston350 ft
  19. Newfane350 ft
  20. Village of Barker330 ft
  21. Somerset330 ft
  22. Wilson320 ft
  23. Ransomville320 ft
  24. Porter300 ft
  25. Youngstown300 ft
  26. Olcott300 ft
  27. Village of Wilson280 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.