Oswego, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Oswego, New York, shaded from 240 ft near the middle to 430 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
430 ft 130 m380 ft 115 m360 ft 110 m310 ft 95 m260 ft 80 m240 ft 75 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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City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Oswego sits at about 310 ft (95 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
310 ft 95 m
most residents: 280–380 ft
Lowest
240 ft 75 m
near the middle
Highest
430 ft 130 m
on the southeast side
Average
320 ft 100 m
all land inside city limits

Oswego spans about 190 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
310 ft95 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the southeast side
430 ft130 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, near the middle
240 ft75 m
Town center
USGS map point for Oswego
280 ft85 m
Average of all land320 ft100 m

Elevation profile, west to east

3.1 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Oswego, New York, shaded from 240 ft near the middle to 430 ft on the southeast side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Oswego County, New York, United States
Population
17,047 2024 est.
Land area
7.6 sq mi + 3.6 sq mi water
Density
2,239 per sq mi
Coordinates
43.4553° N, 76.5105° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
ZIP codes 1
13126
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Volney430 ft
  2. Hannibal400 ft
  3. Fulton380 ft
  4. New Haven380 ft
  5. Scriba370 ft
  6. Minetto340 ft
  7. Sterling330 ft
  8. Village of Hannibal330 ft
  9. Oswego310 ft
  10. Town of Oswego280 ft
  11. SUNY Oswego270 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Tug Hill, Oswego County430 ft
  • Worden Hill, Oswego County430 ft
  • Cornish Hill, Oswego County420 ft
  • Bunker Hill420 ft
  • Gardner Hill, Oswego County420 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, 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 city limits (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. All public domain.