Plainfield, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Plainfield, New York, shaded from 1,130 ft on the southwest side to 1,980 ft on Noahs Rump
Elevation
1,980 ft 605 m1,770 ft 540 m1,660 ft 505 m1,450 ft 440 m1,240 ft 375 m1,130 ft 345 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
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.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Plainfield sits at about 1,480 ft (450 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,480 ft 450 m
most residents: 1,160–1,770 ft
Lowest
1,130 ft 345 m
on the southwest side
Highest
1,980 ft 605 m
on Noahs Rump
Average
1,510 ft 460 m
all land inside town boundaries

Plainfield spans about 850 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
1,480 ft450 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on Noahs Rump
1,980 ft605 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the southwest side
1,130 ft345 m
Average of all land1,510 ft460 m

Elevation profile, west to east

5.8 mi west to east through the middle of Plainfield.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Plainfield, New York, shaded from 1,130 ft on the southwest side to 1,980 ft on Noahs Rump
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Town in Otsego County, New York, United States
Population
918 2024 est.
Land area
29.5 sq mi
Density
31 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.8295° N, 75.2068° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Susquehanna River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 2
13485 13491
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Burlington1,610 ft
  2. Brookfield1,540 ft
  3. Plainfield1,480 ft
  4. Exeter1,480 ft
  5. Richfield1,340 ft
  6. Edmeston1,290 ft
  7. Bridgewater1,280 ft
  8. Burlington Flats1,260 ft
  9. Winfield1,250 ft
  10. Unadilla Forks1,200 ft
  11. West Winfield1,190 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • North Dome3,608 ft
  • Bearpen Mountain3,590 ft
  • Huntersfield Mountain3,421 ft
  • Hamilton Mountain3,250 ft
  • Three Ponds Mountain3,010 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.