Brush, CO Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
4,260 ft 1,300 m4,250 ft 1,295 m4,240 ft 1,295 m4,230 ft 1,290 m4,220 ft 1,285 m4,210 ft 1,285 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.
- City area
- Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Brush sits at about 4,240 ft (1,290 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
4,240 ft 1,290 m
most residents: 4,230–4,250 ft
Lowest
4,210 ft 1,285 m
on the north side
Highest
4,260 ft 1,300 m
on the west side
Average
4,240 ft 1,290 m
all land inside city limits
Brush spans about 50 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 | 4,240 ft1,290 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the west side | 4,260 ft1,300 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the north side | 4,210 ft1,285 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Brush | 4,230 ft1,290 m |
| Airport (7V5) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 1.7 mi east of the city limits | 4,280 ft1,305 m |
| Average of all land | 4,240 ft1,290 m |
Altitude Effects
What 4,240 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
204.1 °F95.6 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
86% of sea level
25.6 inHg (86.7 kPa): each breath holds 14% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
17.9% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+8% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Morgan County, Colorado, United States
- Population
- 5,370 2024 est.
- Land area
- 2.8 sq mi
- Density
- 1,892 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 40.2589° N, 103.6238° 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
- Brush Municipal (7V5) 4,280 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 80723
⤓ Download this map
WebP, 1200 × 900. Free to use: credit “ElevationOf.com” with a link to this page.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Saddle Ridge4,460 ft
- Morgan Heights4,400 ft
- Blue Sky4,380 ft
- Trail Side4,350 ft
- Weldona4,350 ft
- Fort Morgan4,320 ft
- Log Lane Village4,310 ft
- Brush4,240 ft
- Snyder4,200 ft
- Hillrose4,170 ft
- Merino4,040 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Colorado438th highest of 484
- Towns in Morgan County11th highest of 13
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Fry Hill4,810 ft
- Twin Hills4,770 ft
- Round Top, Morgan County4,520 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. All public domain.