Persia, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Persia, New York, shaded from 740 ft on the north side to 1,910 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
1,910 ft 580 m1,620 ft 495 m1,470 ft 450 m1,180 ft 360 m880 ft 270 m740 ft 225 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
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Town area
Fades everything outside the official town boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Persia sits at about 780 ft (235 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
780 ft 235 m
most residents: 760–1,130 ft
Lowest
740 ft 225 m
on the north side
Highest
1,910 ft 580 m
on the southeast side
Average
1,320 ft 400 m
all land inside town boundaries

Persia spans about 1,170 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
780 ft235 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the southeast side
1,910 ft580 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the north side
740 ft225 m
Town center
USGS map point for Persia
1,340 ft410 m
Average of all land1,320 ft400 m

Elevation profile, south to north

8.1 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Persia, New York, shaded from 740 ft on the north side to 1,910 ft on the southeast side
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Town in Cattaraugus County, New York, United States
Population
2,163 2024 est.
Land area
20.9 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
104 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.3853° N, 78.9361° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Conewango Creek → Conewago Creek → Allegheny River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 2
14070 14719
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. East Otto1,690 ft
  2. New Albion1,520 ft
  3. Leon1,490 ft
  4. Otto1,440 ft
  5. Cattaraugus1,360 ft
  6. Dayton1,320 ft
  7. South Dayton1,300 ft
  8. Perrysburg1,110 ft
  9. Collins890 ft
  10. Persia780 ft
  11. Gowanda770 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Tug Hill, Cattaraugus County2,070 ft
  • Carroll Hill, Cattaraugus County2,060 ft
  • Armstrong Hill1,930 ft
  • Mount Tug1,930 ft
  • Hammond Hill, Cattaraugus County1,670 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); BTS time zones. All public domain.