Southern Ute Reservation, CO Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
9,230 ft 2,810 m8,400 ft 2,560 m7,990 ft 2,435 m7,160 ft 2,185 m6,340 ft 1,930 m5,930 ft 1,805 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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 reservation boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Southern Ute Reservation averages about 6,910 ft (2,105 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 5,930 ft on the southwest side to 9,230 ft on Archuleta Mesa.
Average elevation
6,910 ft 2,105 m
all land inside the reservation
Highest
9,230 ft 2,810 m
on Archuleta Mesa
Lowest
5,930 ft 1,805 m
on the southwest side
Southern Ute Reservation spans about 3,300 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Average of all land | 6,910 ft2,105 m |
| Highest point Inside the reservation, on Archuleta Mesa (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height) | 9,230 ft2,810 m |
| Lowest point Inside the reservation, on the southwest side | 5,930 ft1,805 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
72 mi west to east through Ignacio.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Reservation in Colorado, United States (U.S. Census Bureau)
- Population
- 12,321 2020 Census
- Land area
- 1,060.7 sq mi + 4.7 sq mi water
- Density
- 12 per sq mi
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Colorado Plateaus
- Drains to
- Gulf of California
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearest tribal lands nearest, by average
- Jicarilla Apache Nation Reservation, NM7,360 ft
- Santa Clara Pueblo, NM7,230 ft
- Southern Ute Reservation6,910 ft
- Jemez Pueblo, NM6,680 ft
- Ute Mountain Reservation6,000 ft
- Ohkay Owingeh, NM5,750 ft
Rankings by average elevation
- Tribal lands in Coloradohighest of 2
- Tribal lands in the United States8th highest of 704
Peaks and hills highest inside
- Pargin Mountain8,930 ft
- Oakbrush Hill, Archuleta County8,635 ft
- Billy Goat Point8,560 ft
- Piedra Peak, Archuleta County8,555 ft
- Sandoval Mesa8,480 ft
All 4 towns in the reservation by typical elevation
- Marvel6,730 ft
- Southern Ute6,560 ft
- Ignacio6,460 ft
- Arboles6,240 ft
How we measure
- Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census reservation boundary (TIGER/Line AIANNH, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
- Highest and lowest: the highest land cell; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
- Name: the Census Bureau's legal or statistical area name, as published; the nation's own name may differ.
- Population: 2020 Census residents of the blocks inside the boundary.
- Nearby Places: nearest tribal lands and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the reservation with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
- Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the reservation.
- 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.