Colorado City, AZ Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Colorado City, Arizona, shaded from 4,830 ft on the southwest side to 5,240 ft at the foot of the Moccasin Mountains
Elevation
5,240 ft 1,595 m5,130 ft 1,565 m5,080 ft 1,550 m4,980 ft 1,520 m4,880 ft 1,485 m4,830 ft 1,470 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 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
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.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Colorado City sits at about 4,990 ft (1,520 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
4,990 ft 1,520 m
most residents: 4,960–5,030 ft
Lowest
4,830 ft 1,470 m
on the southwest side
Highest
5,240 ft 1,595 m
at the foot of the Moccasin Mountains
Average
4,960 ft 1,510 m
all land inside town limits

Colorado City spans about 410 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
4,990 ft1,520 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, at the foot of the Moccasin Mountains
5,240 ft1,595 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the southwest side
4,830 ft1,470 m
Town center
USGS map point for Colorado City
4,980 ft1,520 m
Airport (AZC)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
4,874 ft1,486 m
Average of all land4,960 ft1,510 m

Elevation profile, west to east

3.1 mi west to east through the town center.

Altitude Effects

What 4,990 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at
202.7 °F94.9 °C

vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.

Air pressure
83% of sea level

24.9 inHg (84.4 kPa): each breath holds 17% less air.

Oxygen equivalent
17.4% at sea level

Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.

Sunburn
+10% more UV

EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Colorado City, Arizona, shaded from 4,830 ft on the southwest side to 5,240 ft at the foot of the Moccasin Mountains
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Town in Mohave County, Arizona, United States
Population
3,317 2024 est.
Land area
8.9 sq mi
Density
372 per sq mi
Coordinates
36.9903° N, 112.9758° W
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7, no daylight saving
Landform region
Colorado Plateaus
Drains to
Virgin River → Colorado River → Gulf of California
Airport
Colorado City Municipal (AZC) 4,874 ft
ZIP codes 1
86021
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Orderville, UT5,510 ft
  2. Hildale, UT5,060 ft
  3. Colorado City4,990 ft
  4. Kanab, UT4,950 ft
  5. Apple Valley, UT4,820 ft
  6. Springdale, UT3,920 ft
  7. Rockville, UT3,810 ft
  8. Virgin, UT3,530 ft
  9. Toquerville, UT3,450 ft
  10. Hurricane, UT3,220 ft
  11. La Verkin, UT3,210 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Trumbull8,038 ft
  • Mount Logan7,870 ft
  • Poverty Mountain6,790 ft
  • Wolf Hole Mountain6,421 ft
  • Mud Mountain5,800 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town limits, 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 limits (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.
  • 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.