Foscoe, NC Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
5,030 ft 1,535 m4,500 ft 1,375 m4,240 ft 1,290 m3,710 ft 1,130 m3,180 ft 970 m2,920 ft 890 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- 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.
- Click or tap anywhere
- The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
- Measure
- Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
- Area
- Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Foscoe sits at about 3,260 ft (995 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
3,260 ft 995 m
most residents: 3,030–3,680 ft
Lowest
2,920 ft 890 m
on the northeast side
Highest
5,030 ft 1,535 m
on the southwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
3,320 ft 1,010 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Foscoe spans about 2,110 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 3,260 ft995 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest edge, below higher ground just outside | 5,030 ft1,535 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast side | 2,920 ft890 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Foscoe | 3,060 ft930 m |
| Average of all land | 3,320 ft1,010 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
2.1 mi west to east through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 3,260 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
206.0 °F96.6 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
89% of sea level
26.6 inHg (89.9 kPa): each breath holds 11% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
18.6% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+7% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Watauga County, North Carolina, United States
- Population
- 1,457 2020 Census
- Land area
- 5.8 sq mi
- Density
- 252 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 36.1618° N, 81.7657° W
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- Blue Ridge
- Drains to
- Holston River → Tennessee River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- ZIP codes 2
- 28604 28607
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Sugar Mountain4,490 ft
- Beech Mountain4,480 ft
- Grandfather Village3,970 ft
- Seven Devils3,960 ft
- Banner Elk3,730 ft
- Linville3,690 ft
- Blowing Rock3,630 ft
- Foscoe3,260 ft
- Boone3,250 ft
- Valle Crucis3,140 ft
- Cove Creek2,900 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in North Carolina14th highest of 782
- Towns in Watauga County4th highest of 7
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Calloway Peak5,930 ft
- Elk Knob5,550 ft
- Beech Mountain5,506 ft
- Bluff Mountain5,080 ft
- The Bald4,650 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (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).
- Altitude effects: standard-atmosphere formulas applied to the typical elevation; UV from EPA's rule of thumb (about 2% per 1,000 ft).
- 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.
- Foscoe is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
- Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.