Wellton, AZ Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Wellton, Arizona, shaded from 220 ft on the west side to 1,160 ft at the foot of the Gila Mountains
Elevation
1,160 ft 355 m930 ft 280 m810 ft 245 m570 ft 175 m340 ft 105 m220 ft 70 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
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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.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Wellton sits at about 280 ft (85 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
280 ft 85 m
most residents: 240–290 ft
Lowest
220 ft 65 m
on the west side
Highest
1,160 ft 355 m
at the foot of the Gila Mountains
Average
350 ft 105 m
all land inside town limits

Wellton spans about 940 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
280 ft85 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, at the foot of the Gila Mountains
1,160 ft355 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the west side
220 ft65 m
Town center
USGS map point for Wellton
250 ft75 m
Average of all land350 ft105 m
Nearest peak
Sheep Mountain, 5.1 mi southwest of the town limits
3,050 ft930 m

Elevation profile, south to north

2.7 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Wellton, Arizona, shaded from 220 ft on the west side to 1,160 ft at the foot of the Gila Mountains
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
Town in Yuma County, Arizona, United States
Population
2,648 2024 est.
Land area
29.0 sq mi
Density
91 per sq mi
Coordinates
32.6728° N, 114.1469° W
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7, no daylight saving
Landform region
Basin and Range
Drains to
Gila River → Colorado River → Gulf of California
ZIP codes 1
85356
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Wellton Hills370 ft
  2. Tacna340 ft
  3. Fortuna Foothills310 ft
  4. Wellton280 ft
  5. Yuma Proving Ground260 ft
  6. Martinez Lake190 ft
  7. Yuma190 ft
  8. Buckshot150 ft
  9. El Prado Estates150 ft
  10. Winterhaven, CA130 ft
  11. Padre Ranchitos120 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Castle Dome Peak3,760 ft
  • Sheep Mountain3,050 ft
  • Mohawk Peak2,767 ft
  • Mohave Peak2,740 ft
  • Buck Peak2,629 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).
  • 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.