Watson, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Watson, New York, shaded from 730 ft on the northwest side to 1,790 ft on the east side
Elevation
1,790 ft 545 m1,530 ft 465 m1,400 ft 425 m1,130 ft 345 m870 ft 265 m730 ft 225 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
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

Watson sits at about 860 ft (260 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
860 ft 260 m
most residents: 740–1,270 ft
Lowest
730 ft 225 m
on the northwest side
Highest
1,790 ft 545 m
on the east side
Average
1,310 ft 400 m
all land inside town boundaries

Watson spans about 1,060 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
860 ft260 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the east side
1,790 ft545 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the northwest side
730 ft225 m
Town center
USGS map point for Watson
750 ft230 m
Average of all land1,310 ft400 m

Elevation profile, west to east

15 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Watson, New York, shaded from 730 ft on the northwest side to 1,790 ft on the east side
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Town in Lewis County, New York, United States
Population
1,790 2024 est.
Land area
114.2 sq mi + 3.0 sq mi water
Density
16 per sq mi
Coordinates
43.7759° N, 75.4360° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Black River
ZIP codes 3
13327 13343 13367
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Harrisburg1,500 ft
  2. Turin1,250 ft
  3. Martinsburg1,150 ft
  4. Greig930 ft
  5. Lowville890 ft
  6. Village of Lowville880 ft
  7. Watson860 ft
  8. Croghan840 ft
  9. Village of Croghan840 ft
  10. New Bremen830 ft
  11. Castorland790 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Blue Ridge3,860 ft
  • Wakely Mountain3,760 ft
  • Little Moose Mountain3,530 ft
  • West Mountain2,911 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.