Young, AZ Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
6,480 ft 1,975 m6,070 ft 1,850 m5,860 ft 1,785 m5,450 ft 1,660 m5,040 ft 1,535 m4,830 ft 1,475 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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 CDP boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Young sits at about 5,320 ft (1,620 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
5,320 ft 1,620 m
most residents: 5,220–5,830 ft
Lowest
4,830 ft 1,475 m
on the west side
Highest
6,480 ft 1,975 m
on the east side
Average
5,470 ft 1,665 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Young spans about 1,650 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 5,320 ft1,620 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side | 6,480 ft1,975 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side | 4,830 ft1,475 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Young | 5,190 ft1,580 m |
| Average of all land | 5,470 ft1,665 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
8.4 mi west to east through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 5,320 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
202.1 °F94.5 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
82% of sea level
24.6 inHg (83.3 kPa): each breath holds 18% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
17.2% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+11% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Gila County, Arizona, United States
- Population
- 588 2020 Census
- Land area
- 47.8 sq mi
- Density
- 12 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 34.1014° N, 110.9637° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7, no daylight saving
- Landform region
- Basin and Range
- Drains to
- Cherry Creek → Salt River → Gila River → Colorado River → Gulf of California
- ZIP codes 1
- 85554
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Forest Lakes7,520 ft
- Mead Ranch6,000 ft
- Hunter Creek5,930 ft
- Christopher Creek5,820 ft
- Tonto Village5,750 ft
- Kohls Ranch5,430 ft
- Haigler Creek5,410 ft
- Young5,320 ft
- Bear Flat5,000 ft
- Star Valley4,800 ft
- Gisela2,880 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Arizona108th highest of 467
- Towns in Gila County11th highest of 49
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Mazatzal Peak7,908 ft
- Baker Mountain7,733 ft
- Armer Mountain7,312 ft
- Mount Ord7,120 ft
- Black Mesa, Gila County4,356 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 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).
- 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.
- Young 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.