Van Buren, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Van Buren, New York, shaded from 360 ft on the northwest side to 680 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
680 ft 205 m600 ft 185 m560 ft 170 m480 ft 145 m400 ft 125 m360 ft 110 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

Van Buren sits at about 410 ft (125 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
410 ft 125 m
most residents: 390–480 ft
Lowest
360 ft 110 m
on the northwest side
Highest
680 ft 205 m
on the southwest side
Average
470 ft 145 m
all land inside town boundaries

Van Buren spans about 320 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
410 ft125 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the southwest side
680 ft205 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the northwest side
360 ft110 m
Town center
USGS map point for Van Buren
500 ft155 m
Airport (SYR)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 7.8 mi east of the town boundaries
421 ft128 m
Average of all land470 ft145 m

Elevation profile, west to east

8.4 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Van Buren, New York, shaded from 360 ft on the northwest side to 680 ft on the southwest side
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Town in Onondaga County, New York, United States
Population
14,194 2024 est.
Land area
35.5 sq mi + 0.7 sq mi water
Density
400 per sq mi
Coordinates
43.1137° N, 76.3022° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Airport
Syracuse Hancock International (SYR) 421 ft
ZIP codes 4
13027 13112 13164 13209
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Camillus550 ft
  2. Fairmount540 ft
  3. Geddes510 ft
  4. Village of Camillus430 ft
  5. Seneca Knolls430 ft
  6. Village Green430 ft
  7. Lakeland420 ft
  8. Radisson420 ft
  9. Van Buren410 ft
  10. Liverpool410 ft
  11. Baldwinsville400 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Frost Hill2,270 ft
  • Connecticut Hill2,100 ft
  • Quack Hill780 ft
  • The Kingdom680 ft
  • Sorrel Hill640 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 and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.