Piercefield, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Piercefield, New York, shaded from 1,470 ft on the northwest side to 2,690 ft on Mount Matumbla
Elevation
2,690 ft 820 m2,380 ft 725 m2,230 ft 680 m1,920 ft 585 m1,620 ft 495 m1,470 ft 445 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
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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

Piercefield sits at about 1,570 ft (480 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,570 ft 480 m
most residents: 1,510–1,690 ft
Lowest
1,470 ft 445 m
on the northwest side
Highest
2,690 ft 820 m
on Mount Matumbla
Average
1,690 ft 515 m
all land inside town boundaries

Piercefield spans about 1,220 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
1,570 ft480 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on Mount Matumbla
2,690 ft820 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the northwest side
1,470 ft445 m
Town center
USGS map point for Piercefield
1,570 ft480 m
Average of all land1,690 ft515 m

Elevation profile, south to north

18 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Piercefield, New York, shaded from 1,470 ft on the northwest side to 2,690 ft on Mount Matumbla
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Town in St. Lawrence County, New York, United States
Population
274 2024 est.
Land area
104.2 sq mi + 6.9 sq mi water
Density
2.6 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.2320° N, 74.5696° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Adirondack
Drains to
Raquette River → Saint Lawrence River → Canada
ZIP codes 3
12922 12973 12986
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Long Lake1,810 ft
  2. Brighton, Franklin County1,660 ft
  3. Paul Smiths1,640 ft
  4. Harrietstown1,620 ft
  5. Tupper Lake1,600 ft
  6. Saranac Lake1,590 ft
  7. Village of Tupper Lake1,580 ft
  8. Cranberry Lake1,580 ft
  9. Piercefield1,570 ft
  10. Clifton1,500 ft
  11. Star Lake1,490 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Kempshall Mountain3,360 ft
  • Mount Morris3,140 ft
  • West Mountain2,911 ft
  • Saint Regis Mountain2,870 ft
  • Mount Matumbla2,690 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.