Portage, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Portage, New York, shaded from 700 ft on the north side to 1,950 ft on the south side
Elevation
1,950 ft 595 m1,640 ft 500 m1,480 ft 450 m1,170 ft 355 m850 ft 260 m700 ft 215 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

Portage sits at about 1,300 ft (395 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,300 ft 395 m
most residents: 1,110–1,530 ft
Lowest
700 ft 210 m
on the north side
Highest
1,950 ft 595 m
on the south side
Average
1,300 ft 395 m
all land inside town boundaries

Portage spans about 1,250 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
1,300 ft395 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the south side
1,950 ft595 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the north side
700 ft210 m
Average of all land1,300 ft395 m

Elevation profile, south to north

6.3 mi south to north through the middle of Portage.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Portage, New York, shaded from 700 ft on the north side to 1,950 ft on the south side
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Town in Livingston County, New York, United States
Population
746 2024 est.
Land area
26.4 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
Density
28 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.5601° N, 77.9875° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Genesee River
ZIP codes 2
14517 14846
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Granger1,770 ft
  2. Pike1,600 ft
  3. Castile1,380 ft
  4. Village of Castile1,370 ft
  5. Dalton1,360 ft
  6. Hunt1,340 ft
  7. Genesee Falls1,320 ft
  8. Portage1,300 ft
  9. Nunda960 ft
  10. Village of Nunda930 ft
  11. Tuscarora, Livingston County760 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Frost Hill2,270 ft
  • East Hill, Allegany County2,050 ft
  • Grunder Hill2,040 ft
  • Isaman Hill2,000 ft
  • Round Top, Livingston County1,860 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.