NYS Contours

Contour Download Application & Web Service

The Contour Index web service can be loaded into your GIS software, from there a user can identify on an area they would like to download and click the link in the "DIRECT_DL" field to download the contours they are interested in.

Contour Status

Contours are updated from new bare earth Digital Elevation Models(DEM). DEM is a product of LIDAR collection, so new DEM and then contours will be generated as LIDAR projects are completed. For more information on ongoing LIDAR projects please visit the LIDAR Status page.

NYS Contours Direct Download

County	Download Link
Albany	Albany (City) \| Berne \| Bethlehem \| Coeymans \| Cohoes \| Colonie \| Green Island \| Guilderland \| Knox \| New Scotland \| Rensselaerville \| Watervliet \| Westerlo
Allegany	Allegany (County)
Bronx	Bronx (County)
Broome	Broome (County)
Cattaraugus	Cattaraugus (County)
Cayuga	Cayuga (County)
Chautauqua	Chautauqua (County)
Chenango	Chenango (County)
Clinton	Altona \| AuSable \| Beekmantown \| Black Brook \| Champlain \| Chazy \| Clinton \| Dannemora \| Ellenburg \| [Mooers \| Peru \| Plattsburgh (City) Plattsburgh \| Saranac \| [Schuyler Falls
Columbia	Columbia (County)
Delaware	Delaware (County)
Dutchess	Dutchess (County)
Erie	Alden \| Amherst \| Aurora \| Boston \| Brant \| Buffalo (City) \| Cheektowaga \| Clarence \| Colden \| Collins \| Concord \| Eden \| Elma \| Evans \| Grand Island \| Hamburg \| Holland \| Lackawanna (City) \| Lancaster \| Marilla \| Newstead \| North Collins \| Orchard Park \| Sardinia \| Tonawanda \|Tonawanda (City) \| Wales \| West Seneca
Essex	Chesterfield \| Crown Point \| Elizabethtown \| Essex \| Jay \| Keene \| Lewis \| Minerva \| Moriah \| Newcomb \| North Elba \| North Hudson \| Schroon \| St Armand \| Ticonderoga \| Westport \| Willsboro \| Wilmington
Franklin	Bangor \| Bellmont \| Bombay \| Brandon \| Brighton \| Burke \| Chateaugay \| Constable \| Dickinson \| Duane \| Fort Covington \| Franklin \| Harrietstown \| Malone \| Moira \| Santa Clara \| Tupper Lake \| Waverly \| Westville
Fulton	Bleeker \| Broadalbin \| Caroga \| Ephratah \| Gloversville (City) \| Johnstown \| Johnstown (City) \| Mayfield \| Northampton \| Oppenheim \| Perth \| Stratford
Genesee	Alabama \| Alexander \| Batavia \| Bergen \| Bethany \| Byron \| Darien \| Elba \| LeRoy \| Oakfield \| Pavilion \| Pembroke \| Stafford
Greene	Greene (County)
Herkimer	Columbia \| Danube \| Fairfield \| Frankfort \| German Flatts \| Herkimer \| Litchfield \| Little Falls \| Little Falls (City) \| Manheim \| Newport \| Norway \| Ohio \| Russia \| Salisbury \| Schuyler \| Stark \| Warren \| Webb \| Winfield
Jefferson	Jefferson (County)
Kings	Kings (County)
Lewis	Lewis (County)
Livingston	Avon \| Caledonia \| Conesus \| Geneseo \| Groveland \| Leicester \| Lima \| Livonia \| Mount Morris \| North Dansville \| Nunda \| Ossian \| Portage \| Sparta \| Springwater \| West Sparta \| York
Madison	Madison (County)
Montgomery	Montgomery (County)
Nassau	Nassau (County)
New York	New York (County)
Oneida	Oneida (County)
Onondaga	Cicero \| Clay \| De Witt \| Fabius \| LaFayette \| Lysander \| Manlius \| Onondaga \| Otisco \| Pompey \| Salina \| Spafford \| Syracuse (City) \| Tully \| Onondaga \| Fabius \| De Witt \| De Witt
Orange	Orange (County)
Orleans	Orleans (County)
Oswego	Ellisburg (Quad), Sandy Creek (Quad), Boylston (Quad), Worth Center (Quad), West of Texas (Quad), Texas (Quad), Pulaski (Quad), Redfield (Quad), Orwell (Quad), Richland (Quad), Oswego West (Quad), Oswego East (Quad), New Haven (Quad), Mexico (Quad), Dugway (Quad), Williamstown (Quad), Westdale (Quad), Hannibal (Quad), Fulton (Quad), Pennellville (Quad), Central Square (Quad), Mallory (Quad), Panther Lake (Quad), Camden West (Quad), Lysander (Quad), Balwinsville (Quad), Brewerton (Quad), Cicero (Quad), Cleveland (Quad), Jewell (Quad)
Otsego	Otsego (Town)
Putnam	Putnam (County)
Queens	Queens (County)
Rensselaer	Rensselaer (County)
Richmond	Richmond (County)
Rockland	Rockland (County)
Saratoga	Ballston \| Charlton \| Clifton Park \| Corinth \| Day \| Edinburg \| Galway \| Greenfield \| Hadley \| Halfmoon \| Malta \| Mechanicville (City) \| Milton \| Moreau \| Northumberland \| Providence \| Saratoga \| Saratoga Springs (City) \| Stillwater \| Waterford \| Wilton
Schenectady	Schenectady (County)
Schoharie	Schoharie (County)
Schuyler	Schuyler (County)
Seneca	Covert \| Fayette \| Junius \| Lodi \| Ovid \| Romulus \| Seneca Falls \| Tyre \| Varick \| Waterloo
St Lawrence	Brasher \| Canton \| Clare \| Clifton \| Colton \| De Kalb \| De Peyster \| Edwards \| Fine \| Fowler \| Gouverneur \| Hammond \| Hermon \| Hopkinton \| Lawrence \| Lisbon \| Louisville \| Macomb \| Madrid \| Massena \| Morristown \| Norfolk \| Ogdensburg (City) \| Oswegatchie \| Parishville \| Piercefield \| Pierrepont \| Pitcairn \| Potsdam \| Rossie \| Russel \| Stockholm \| Waddington
Steuben	Steuben (County)
Suffolk	Suffolk (County)
Sullivan	Sullivan (County)
Tioga	Tioga (County)
Tompkins	Caroline \| Danby \| Dryden \| Enfield \| Groton \| Ithacha (City) \| Ithaca \| Lansing \| Newfield \| Ulysses
Warren	Warren (County)
Washington	Washington (County)
Wayne	Wayne (County)
Westchester	Westchester (County)
Wyoming	Wyoming (County)
Yates	Yates (County)

Contour Generation Process

Contours generated by NYSGPO were generated using Global Mapper "Generate Contours" tool and running against the bare earth digital elevation model. Contours are stored within a File Geodatabase by town, each town has several contour intervals the end-user can choose from including 2ft, 10ft, 20ft, 50ft, 100ft, 250ft, and 500ft with a scale triggered layer file.

Federal contours (FEMA & USGS) were delivered as individual tiles, to make the contours more useable and distributable the GIS Program Office merged the tiles by town and clipped them to a 200ft buffer of the town. The contours were then imported into a file Geodatabase where they are stored by town and have several contour intervals the end-user can choose from including 1ft, 2ft, 10ft, 20ft, 50ft, 100ft, 250ft, and 500ft with a scale triggered layer file.

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Contour Download Application & Web Service

Contour Status

NYS Contours Direct Download

Contour Generation Process