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mvd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 12:47 PM
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What is the approximate elevation of your area?
If you don't know, this site will help USA residents:

http://stuff.mit.edu/cgi/geo

I'm approximately 257 ft. above sea level.
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Shine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 12:49 PM
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1. 1000 ft.
:hi: from the Santa Cruz mountains!
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mvd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 12:51 PM
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2. Hi, Shine!
:hi:
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Blue Poppy Donating Member (116 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 12:53 PM
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3. 5428 feet! n/t
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mvd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 01:25 PM
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6. Very high!
About the highest I get semi-regularly is the central Pennsylvania mountains.
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_testify_ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 12:56 PM
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4. Eleven feet!
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arwalden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 12:59 PM
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5. 25 Feet
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 01:28 PM
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7. 30 ft nt
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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 01:32 PM
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8. 705 ft. here, which is considered pretty low. (nt)
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Guy Fawkes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 01:32 PM
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9. 858 ft. above sea level
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fleabert Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 01:33 PM
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10. says 76, but I am on a hill, so add a hundred or so...nt
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deadparrot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 01:33 PM
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11. 965 at college, 455 at home. nt
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 01:36 PM
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12. 2695 feet.
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One_Life_To_Give Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 01:37 PM
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13. Home 215ft
Work 220ft
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APPLE314 Donating Member (262 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 01:51 PM
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14. 465 feet -
This will be beachfront in about 2230 AD. It's for sale, cheap.
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XNASA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 01:52 PM
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15. 656ft. + 26th floor = approx 876 feet above sea level.
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Sisaruus Donating Member (703 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 02:02 PM
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16. 194 feet
I'm planning on retiring on the inflated value of my property when it becomes beach-front in the post-ice-cap melt era.
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catmandu57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 02:07 PM
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17. We're right around
1100 fas.
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laheina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 02:12 PM
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18. About 128 ft.
Hopefully we're high enough not to need an ark if it keeps raining.
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norml Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 02:13 PM
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19. Far above rising sea levels at 1148 ft.
in Lincoln Nebraska.
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 02:14 PM
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20. 557
The north valley is higher than I would have thought. :P
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LibertyLover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 02:27 PM
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21. Higher than I thought - 41 feet
I would have said only 25.
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MiniMandaRuth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 02:29 PM
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22. 726 above sea level.
Cool.
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 02:33 PM
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23. 400 ft above sea level
:hi:
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Abies Donating Member (201 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 02:35 PM
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24. 5100' n/t
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Tyler Durden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 02:55 PM
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25. Between 712' (Flint) and 828' (Lansing).
Not exactly potential beachfront.
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dpbrown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 02:56 PM
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26. About 3 feet off the floor



Thanks, chair.


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dpbrown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 02:59 PM
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28. Just kidding. 875 feet
Here at the Minnesotan continental divide.
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mvd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 03:18 PM
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33. LOL
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trackfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 02:57 PM
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27. 865
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 03:08 PM
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29. 145 feet above sea level......
Yikes! :scared:
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Eugene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 03:11 PM
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30. 50 ft
Lawrence, Mass. is in a river valley about 50 to 100 ft. lower than the surrounding countryside.
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_testify_ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 03:13 PM
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31. Wow I am closest to sea-level!
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kid a Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 03:16 PM
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32. 3200' - Montana
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ThomCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 03:34 PM
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34. A few feet about sea level.
I'm in NYC. It'a all islands here except for the Bronx, and I live near the shore on Staten Island.
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 04:27 PM
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35. 499
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radwriter0555 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 04:46 PM
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36. and I saw that as "What is the approximate elevation of your ass?"
It's late.
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huskerlaw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 04:49 PM
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37. 267 feet
downtown. It would vary greatly depending on what part of the city I'm in...
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 04:50 PM
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38. Neat site
Edited on Wed Apr-12-06 04:52 PM by JohnKleeb
365 Ft and since they havent updated since 1987 I laughed since our population has nearly doubled since then.
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CottonBear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 05:06 PM
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39. About 700 feet above sea level. n/t
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vikegirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 05:09 PM
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40. 5280 - Mile High City, baby! n/t
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u4ic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 05:11 PM
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41. 2372 feet n/t
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