Bayfield, CO Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
7,400 ft 2,255 m7,260 ft 2,215 m7,190 ft 2,190 m7,050 ft 2,150 m6,910 ft 2,105 m6,840 ft 2,085 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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.
- Town area
- Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Bayfield sits at about 6,980 ft (2,130 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
6,980 ft 2,130 m
most residents: 6,890–7,090 ft
Lowest
6,840 ft 2,085 m
on the south side
Highest
7,400 ft 2,255 m
on the north side
Average
6,990 ft 2,130 m
all land inside town limits
Bayfield spans about 560 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 | 6,980 ft2,130 m |
| Highest point Inside town limits, on the north side | 7,400 ft2,255 m |
| Lowest point Inside town limits, on the south side | 6,840 ft2,085 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Bayfield | 6,910 ft2,105 m |
| Airport (DRO) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 9.4 mi southwest of the town limits | 6,689 ft2,039 m |
| Average of all land | 6,990 ft2,130 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
2.3 mi south to north through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 6,980 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
199.0 °F92.8 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
77% of sea level
23.1 inHg (78.2 kPa): each breath holds 23% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
16.2% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+14% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Town in La Plata County, Colorado, United States
- Population
- 2,923 2024 est.
- Land area
- 2.0 sq mi
- Density
- 1,450 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 37.2256° N, 107.5981° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Colorado Plateaus
- Drains to
- Los Pinos River → San Juan River → Colorado River → Gulf of California
- Airport
- Durango-la Plata County (DRO) 6,689 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 81122
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Piedra8,020 ft
- Bayfield6,980 ft
- Marvel6,730 ft
- Durango6,630 ft
- Southern Ute6,560 ft
- Middle Mesa, NM6,520 ft
- Ignacio6,460 ft
- La Boca, NM6,300 ft
- Arboles6,240 ft
- Cedar Hill, NM5,950 ft
- Navajo Dam, NM5,730 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Colorado157th highest of 484
- Towns in La Plata Countyhighest of 5
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Mount Eolus14,030 ft
- Mount Oso13,650 ft
- Graham Peak12,536 ft
- Silver Mountain, La Plata County12,470 ft
- Horse Mountain9,940 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).
- 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.