Alamosa East, CO Elevation & Topographic Map

Elevation

7,570 ft 2,305 m7,560 ft 2,305 m7,550 ft 2,300 m7,550 ft 2,300 m7,540 ft 2,295 m7,530 ft 2,295 m

Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft

USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau

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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

Alamosa East sits at about 7,540 ft (2,300 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation

7,540 ft 2,300 m

nearly all residents at this height

Lowest

7,530 ft 2,295 m

on the southeast side

Highest

7,550 ft 2,300 m

on the southwest side

Average

7,540 ft 2,300 m

all land inside the CDP boundary

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

Figure	Elevation
Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower	7,540 ft2,300 m
Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side	7,550 ft2,300 m
Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side	7,530 ft2,295 m
Airport (ALS) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.2 mi southwest of the CDP boundary	7,540 ft2,298 m
Average of all land	7,540 ft2,300 m

Altitude Effects

What 7,540 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at

198.0 °F92.2 °C

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

Air pressure

76% of sea level

22.6 inHg (76.6 kPa): each breath holds 24% less air.

Oxygen equivalent

15.8% at sea level

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

Sunburn

+15% more UV

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

Topographic Map

Location: Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Alamosa County, Colorado, United States
Population: 1,453 2020 Census
Land area: 3.3 sq mi
Density: 446 per sq mi
Coordinates: 37.4770° N, 105.8458° W
Time zone: Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region: Southern Rocky Mountains
Drains to: Rio Grande → Gulf of America
Airport: San Luis Valley Regional/Bergman Field (ALS) 7,540 ft
ZIP codes 1: 81101

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

Fort Garland7,940 ft
Capulin7,810 ft
Blanca7,760 ft
Romeo7,730 ft
Manassa7,690 ft
Monte Vista7,660 ft
La Jara7,600 ft
Sanford7,600 ft
Hooper7,560 ft
Alamosa7,540 ft
Alamosa East7,540 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Towns in Colorado124th highest of 484
Towns in Alamosa Countylowest of 3

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

Blanca Peak14,330 ft
Mount Lindsey14,030 ft
Mount Zwischen11,990 ft
Piñon Hills9,480 ft
Flat Top, Conejos County9,210 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).
Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 7,530 ft at 37.4665° N, 105.8296° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
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.
Alamosa East 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.