Orwell, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Orwell, New York, shaded from 530 ft on the south side to 1,250 ft on the east side
Elevation
1,250 ft 380 m1,070 ft 325 m980 ft 300 m800 ft 245 m620 ft 190 m530 ft 160 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
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

Orwell sits at about 890 ft (270 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
890 ft 270 m
most residents: 640–1,070 ft
Lowest
530 ft 160 m
on the south side
Highest
1,250 ft 380 m
on the east side
Average
920 ft 280 m
all land inside town boundaries

Orwell spans about 720 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
890 ft270 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the east side
1,250 ft380 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the south side
530 ft160 m
Town center
USGS map point for Orwell
800 ft245 m
Average of all land920 ft280 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.7 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Orwell, New York, shaded from 530 ft on the south side to 1,250 ft on the east side
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Town in Oswego County, New York, United States
Population
1,080 2024 est.
Land area
39.6 sq mi + 1.7 sq mi water
Density
27 per sq mi
Coordinates
43.5748° N, 75.9963° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
ZIP codes 2
13144 13302
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Boylston1,140 ft
  2. Redfield1,060 ft
  3. Orwell890 ft
  4. Mannsville600 ft
  5. Altmar580 ft
  6. Lacona550 ft
  7. Albion, Oswego County540 ft
  8. Village of Sandy Creek500 ft
  9. Sandy Creek490 ft
  10. Richland390 ft
  11. Pulaski380 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • West Mountain2,911 ft
  • Coey Hill1,220 ft
  • Myers Hill1,120 ft
  • Wheat Hill, Oswego County950 ft
  • Lighthouse Hill720 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 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.