Aurora, CO Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
6,220 ft 1,895 m5,990 ft 1,825 m5,870 ft 1,790 m5,640 ft 1,720 m5,410 ft 1,645 m5,290 ft 1,610 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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.
- City area
- Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Aurora sits at about 5,580 ft (1,700 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
5,580 ft 1,700 m
most residents: 5,380–5,900 ft
Lowest
5,290 ft 1,610 m
near the middle
Highest
6,220 ft 1,895 m
on the southeast side
Average
5,600 ft 1,705 m
all land inside city limits
Aurora spans about 930 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 | 5,580 ft1,700 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the southeast side | 6,220 ft1,895 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, near the middle | 5,290 ft1,610 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Aurora | 5,400 ft1,645 m |
| Airport (DEN) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.9 mi northeast of the city limits | 5,434 ft1,656 m |
| Average of all land | 5,600 ft1,705 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
8.0 mi south to north through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 5,580 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
201.6 °F94.2 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
81% of sea level
24.4 inHg (82.5 kPa): each breath holds 19% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
17.1% 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
- City in Arapahoe, Adams and Douglas counties, Colorado, United States
- Population
- 403,130 2024 est.
- Land area
- 164.6 sq mi + 0.6 sq mi water
- Density
- 2,449 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 39.7294° N, 104.8319° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Great Plains
- Drains to
- South Platte River → Middle Channel Platte River → Platte River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- Airport
- Denver International (DEN) 5,434 ft
- ZIP codes 15
- 80010 80011 80012 80013 80014 80015 80016 80017 80018 80019 80045 80102 80137 80138 80247
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Cherry Creek5,700 ft
- Centennial5,690 ft
- Aetna Estates5,610 ft
- Aurora5,580 ft
- Holly Hills5,490 ft
- Four Square Mile5,490 ft
- Cherry Hills Village5,460 ft
- Glendale5,360 ft
- Denver5,340 ft
- Commerce City5,160 ft
- Derby5,130 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Colorado283rd highest of 484
- Towns in Arapahoe County11th highest of 23
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Windy Peak11,900 ft
- Starr Peak10,510 ft
- Green Mountain, Jefferson County10,427 ft
- Thunder Butte9,837 ft
- Devils Head9,700 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city 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 city 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.