Richmond, RI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Richmond, Rhode Island, shaded from 38 ft on the southwest side to 510 ft on the north side
Elevation
510 ft 155 m390 ft 120 m330 ft 100 m220 ft 65 m98 ft 30 m38 ft 12 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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Town area
Fades everything outside the official town boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Richmond sits at about 160 ft (50 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
160 ft 50 m
most residents: 78–360 ft
Lowest
38 ft 12 m
on the southwest side
Highest
510 ft 155 m
on the north side
Average
180 ft 55 m
all land inside town boundaries

Richmond spans about 472 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
160 ft50 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the north side
510 ft155 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the southwest side
38 ft12 m
Airport (WST)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 7.0 mi southwest of the town boundaries
81 ft25 m
Average of all land180 ft55 m

Elevation profile, south to north

7.0 mi south to north through the middle of Richmond.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Richmond, Rhode Island, shaded from 38 ft on the southwest side to 510 ft on the north side
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Town in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States
Population
8,142 2024 est.
Land area
40.3 sq mi + 0.4 sq mi water
Density
202 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.4954° N, 71.6582° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Long Island Sound
Airport
Westerly State (WST) 81 ft
ZIP codes 7
02812 02832 02836 02875 02892 02894 02898
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Exeter260 ft
  2. Richmond160 ft
  3. Kingston130 ft
  4. Hopkinton130 ft
  5. Wyoming130 ft
  6. Hope Valley120 ft
  7. South Kingstown110 ft
  8. Charlestown93 ft
  9. Carolina87 ft
  10. Ashaway65 ft
  11. Bradford60 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Tefft Hill, Washington County510 ft
  • Pine Hill, Washington County360 ft
  • Shannock Hill287 ft
  • Kenyon Hill265 ft
  • Bailey Hill260 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.