Poston, AZ Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Poston, Arizona, shaded from 320 ft on the west side to 340 ft on the north side
Elevation
360 ft 110 m350 ft 105 m340 ft 105 m340 ft 100 m330 ft 100 m320 ft 100 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Poston sits at about 330 ft (100 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
330 ft 100 m
few residents
Lowest
320 ft 100 m
on the west side
Highest
340 ft 105 m
on the north side
Average
330 ft 100 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Poston is nearly flat: its ground varies by only about 20 ft, so the figures below sit close together.

FigureElevation
Typical (all land)
Median of all land; too few residents to weight by
330 ft100 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the north side
340 ft105 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side
320 ft100 m
Town center
USGS map point for Poston
330 ft100 m
Average of all land330 ft100 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Poston, Arizona, shaded from 320 ft on the west side to 340 ft on the north side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in La Paz County, Arizona, United States
Population
183 2020 Census
Land area
1.4 sq mi
Density
133 per sq mi
Coordinates
33.9906° N, 114.3963° W
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7, no daylight saving
Landform region
Basin and Range
Drains to
Colorado River → Gulf of California
ZIP codes 1
85371
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Bouse950 ft
  2. Quartzsite880 ft
  3. Parker Strip470 ft
  4. Cienega Springs440 ft
  5. Parker420 ft
  6. Big River, CA410 ft
  7. Bluewater, CA370 ft
  8. Bluewater370 ft
  9. Poston330 ft
  10. Ehrenberg270 ft
  11. Blythe, CA270 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Black Mesa, La Paz County3,642 ft
  • Cunningham Mountain3,320 ft
  • Planet Peak3,139 ft
  • Sawtooth Mountain2,950 ft
  • Middle Camp Mountain2,528 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary; too few residents live here to weight by people.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census CDP boundary (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.
  • Poston is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.