Center, CO Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Center, Colorado, shaded from 7,640 ft on the northeast side to 7,650 ft on the west side
Elevation
7,670 ft 2,340 m7,660 ft 2,335 m7,660 ft 2,335 m7,650 ft 2,330 m7,640 ft 2,330 m7,640 ft 2,330 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
⤓ Download this map
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

Center sits at about 7,640 ft (2,330 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
7,640 ft 2,330 m
most residents: 7,640–7,650 ft
Lowest
7,640 ft 2,330 m
on the northeast side
Highest
7,650 ft 2,335 m
on the west side
Average
7,640 ft 2,330 m
all land inside town limits

Center is nearly flat: its ground varies by only about 10 ft, so the figures below sit close together.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
7,640 ft2,330 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the west side
7,650 ft2,335 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the northeast side
7,640 ft2,330 m
Town center
USGS map point for Center
7,640 ft2,330 m
Airport (1V8)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 3.5 mi northeast of the town limits
7,598 ft2,316 m
Average of all land7,640 ft2,330 m

Altitude Effects

What 7,640 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at
197.8 °F92.1 °C

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

Air pressure
75% of sea level

22.5 inHg (76.3 kPa): each breath holds 25% 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

Topographic elevation map of Center, Colorado, shaded from 7,640 ft on the northeast side to 7,650 ft on the west side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Town in Saguache and Rio Grande counties, Colorado, United States
Population
1,889 2024 est.
Land area
1.0 sq mi
Density
1,926 per sq mi
Coordinates
37.7531° N, 106.1086° W
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region
Southern Rocky Mountains
Drains to
Closed basin (does not reach the sea)
Airport
Leach (1V8) 7,598 ft
ZIP codes 1
81125
⤓ 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

  1. Alpine8,250 ft
  2. Gerrard8,140 ft
  3. Crestone7,940 ft
  4. Del Norte7,880 ft
  5. Saguache7,700 ft
  6. Monte Vista7,660 ft
  7. Center7,640 ft
  8. Moffat7,560 ft
  9. Hooper7,560 ft
  10. Alamosa7,540 ft
  11. Alamosa East7,540 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Kit Carson Mountain14,130 ft
  • Humboldt Peak14,040 ft
  • Bennett Peak13,200 ft
  • Cornwall Mountain12,320 ft
  • Willow Mountain11,910 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).
  • 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, 7,630 ft at 37.7585° N, 106.1057° 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.
  • 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.