Carbonate, CO Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
11,030 ft 3,360 m10,960 ft 3,340 m10,920 ft 3,330 m10,840 ft 3,305 m10,770 ft 3,280 m10,730 ft 3,270 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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
Carbonate sits at about 10,860 ft (3,310 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside town limits (too few residents to weight by).
Typical elevation (all land)
10,860 ft 3,310 m
few residents
Lowest
10,730 ft 3,270 m
on the southeast side
Highest
11,030 ft 3,360 m
on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
10,860 ft 3,310 m
all land inside town limits
Carbonate spans about 300 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 (all land) Median of all land; too few residents to weight by | 10,860 ft3,310 m |
| Highest point Inside town limits, on the west edge, below higher ground just outside | 11,030 ft3,360 m |
| Lowest point Inside town limits, on the southeast side | 10,730 ft3,270 m |
| Average of all land | 10,860 ft3,310 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
1.0 mi south to north through the middle of Carbonate.
Altitude Effects
What 10,860 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
191.7 °F88.7 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
66% of sea level
19.9 inHg (67.4 kPa): each breath holds 34% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
13.9% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+22% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
CDC: about 1 in 4 visitors who sleep above 8,000 ft get altitude sickness. CDC Yellow Book
Topographic Map
- Location
- Town in Garfield County, Colorado, United States
- Population
- 0 2024 est.
- Land area
- 1.0 sq mi
- Coordinates
- 39.7465° N, 107.3401° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Southern Rocky Mountains
- Drains to
- Colorado River → Gulf of California
- ZIP codes 1
- 81601
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Carbonate10,860 ft
- Gypsum6,370 ft
- Mulford6,240 ft
- Carbondale6,190 ft
- Dotsero6,140 ft
- Cattle Creek6,020 ft
- Chacra5,860 ft
- Glenwood Springs5,830 ft
- No Name5,820 ft
- New Castle5,730 ft
- Silt5,480 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Colorado2nd highest of 484
- Towns in Garfield Countyhighest of 13
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Flat Top Mountain12,361 ft
- Sheep Mountain, Garfield County12,240 ft
- Blair Mountain11,460 ft
- Sunlight Peak10,600 ft
- Blowout Hill8,700 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the town limits; too few residents live here to weight by people.
- 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.