Fontana Dam, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Fontana Dam, North Carolina, shaded from 1,640 ft on the north side to 2,530 ft at the foot of the Cheoah Mountains
Elevation
2,530 ft 770 m2,300 ft 700 m2,190 ft 670 m1,970 ft 600 m1,750 ft 535 m1,640 ft 500 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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 limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Fontana Dam sits at about 1,870 ft (570 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside town limits (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
1,870 ft 570 m
few residents
Lowest
1,640 ft 500 m
on the north side
Highest
2,530 ft 770 m
at the foot of the Cheoah Mountains
Average
1,920 ft 585 m
all land inside town limits

Fontana Dam spans about 890 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 (all land)
Median of all land; too few residents to weight by
1,870 ft570 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, at the foot of the Cheoah Mountains
2,530 ft770 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the north side
1,640 ft500 m
Average of all land1,920 ft585 m
Nearest peak
Wauchecha Bald, 4.1 mi southeast of the town limits (NGS survey)
4,390 ft1,338 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.6 mi west to east through the middle of Fontana Dam.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Fontana Dam, North Carolina, shaded from 1,640 ft on the north side to 2,530 ft at the foot of the Cheoah Mountains
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Town in Graham County, North Carolina, United States
Population
11 2024 est.
Land area
0.5 sq mi
Density
24 per sq mi
Coordinates
35.4314° N, 83.8281° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Blue Ridge
Drains to
Tennessee River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
28733
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Lake Santeetlah2,020 ft
  2. Robbinsville2,020 ft
  3. Fontana Dam1,870 ft
  4. Bryson City1,870 ft
  5. Andrews1,780 ft
  6. Marble1,710 ft
  7. Townsend, TN1,110 ft
  8. Maryville, TN990 ft
  9. Walland, TN950 ft
  10. Kahite, TN900 ft
  11. Greenback, TN870 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Huckleberry Knob5,560 ft
  • Cheoah Bald5,050 ft
  • Teyahalee Bald4,710 ft
  • Wauchecha Bald4,390 ft
  • Rich Mountain3,701 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the town limits; too few residents live here to weight by people.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census town limits (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.