Colona, CO Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Colona, Colorado, shaded from 6,330 ft on the north side to 6,390 ft on the southwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
6,390 ft 1,950 m6,380 ft 1,945 m6,370 ft 1,940 m6,350 ft 1,935 m6,340 ft 1,930 m6,330 ft 1,930 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Colona sits at about 6,360 ft (1,940 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
6,360 ft 1,940 m
few residents
Lowest
6,330 ft 1,930 m
on the north side
Highest
6,390 ft 1,950 m
on the southwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
6,360 ft 1,940 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Colona spans about 60 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.

FigureElevation
Typical (all land)
Median of all land; too few residents to weight by
6,360 ft1,940 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest edge, below higher ground just outside
6,390 ft1,950 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the north side
6,330 ft1,930 m
Town center
USGS map point for Colona
6,390 ft1,950 m
Airport (MTJ)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 14 mi northwest of the CDP boundary
5,759 ft1,755 m
Average of all land6,360 ft1,940 m

Elevation profile, south to north

0.5 mi south to north through the town center.

Altitude Effects

What 6,360 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at
200.2 °F93.4 °C

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

Air pressure
79% of sea level

23.7 inHg (80.1 kPa): each breath holds 21% less air.

Oxygen equivalent
16.6% at sea level

Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.

Sunburn
+13% more UV

EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Colona, Colorado, shaded from 6,330 ft on the north side to 6,390 ft on the southwest edge, below higher ground just outside
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Ouray County, Colorado, United States
Population
36 2020 Census
Land area
0.1 sq mi
Density
590 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.3250° N, 107.7798° W
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region
Colorado Plateaus
Drains to
Uncompahgre River → Gunnison River → Colorado River → Gulf of California
Airport
Montrose Regional (MTJ) 5,759 ft
ZIP codes 1
81403
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Mountain Village9,290 ft
  2. Telluride8,760 ft
  3. Ouray7,800 ft
  4. Loghill Village7,790 ft
  5. Sawpit7,580 ft
  6. Placerville7,460 ft
  7. Portland7,210 ft
  8. Ridgway7,040 ft
  9. Colona6,360 ft
  10. Montrose5,860 ft
  11. Olathe5,360 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Uncompahgre Peak14,321 ft
  • Mount Sneffels14,100 ft
  • Wetterhorn Peak14,010 ft
  • Horsefly Peak10,353 ft
  • Poverty Mesa9,710 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary; 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 CDP boundary (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.
  • Colona is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.