Veteran, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Veteran, New York, shaded from 590 ft on the northwest side to 1,880 ft on Terry Hill
Elevation
1,880 ft 575 m1,560 ft 475 m1,400 ft 425 m1,070 ft 325 m750 ft 230 m590 ft 180 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

Veteran sits at about 1,020 ft (310 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,020 ft 310 m
most residents: 810–1,530 ft
Lowest
590 ft 180 m
on the northwest side
Highest
1,880 ft 575 m
on Terry Hill
Average
1,260 ft 385 m
all land inside town boundaries

Veteran spans about 1,290 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
1,020 ft310 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on Terry Hill
1,880 ft575 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the northwest side
590 ft180 m
Airport (ELM)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 3.6 mi southwest of the town boundaries
955 ft291 m
Average of all land1,260 ft385 m

Elevation profile, west to east

5.9 mi west to east through the middle of Veteran.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Veteran, New York, shaded from 590 ft on the northwest side to 1,880 ft on Terry Hill
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Town in Chemung County, New York, United States
Population
3,225 2024 est.
Land area
38.3 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
84 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.2412° N, 76.8122° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Seneca River
Airport
Elmira/Corning Regional (ELM) 955 ft
ZIP codes 5
14805 14816 14824 14845 14864
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Cayuta1,500 ft
  2. Catlin1,320 ft
  3. Breesport1,170 ft
  4. Catharine1,160 ft
  5. Odessa1,050 ft
  6. Veteran1,020 ft
  7. Horseheads North940 ft
  8. Horseheads930 ft
  9. Village of Horseheads920 ft
  10. Pine Valley910 ft
  11. Millport720 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Frost Hill2,270 ft
  • Connecticut Hill2,100 ft
  • Terry Hill1,880 ft
  • Mallory Hill1,450 ft
  • Carr Hill, Chemung County1,420 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.