Crawford, CO Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Crawford, Colorado, shaded from 6,440 ft on the southeast side to 6,790 ft on the north edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
6,790 ft 2,070 m6,700 ft 2,045 m6,660 ft 2,030 m6,570 ft 2,005 m6,480 ft 1,975 m6,440 ft 1,965 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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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

Crawford sits at about 6,560 ft (2,000 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
6,560 ft 2,000 m
most residents: 6,500–6,690 ft
Lowest
6,440 ft 1,965 m
on the southeast side
Highest
6,790 ft 2,070 m
on the north edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
6,580 ft 2,005 m
all land inside town limits

Crawford spans about 350 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
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
6,560 ft2,000 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the north edge, below higher ground just outside
6,790 ft2,070 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the southeast side
6,440 ft1,965 m
Town center
USGS map point for Crawford
6,560 ft2,000 m
Airport (99V)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 1.4 mi west of the town limits
6,470 ft1,972 m
Average of all land6,580 ft2,005 m
Nearest peak
Saddle Mountain, Delta County, 4.6 mi east of the town limits
10,000 ft3,050 m

Elevation profile, south to north

0.4 mi south to north through the town center.

Altitude Effects

What 6,560 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at
199.8 °F93.2 °C

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

Air pressure
78% of sea level

23.5 inHg (79.5 kPa): each breath holds 22% less air.

Oxygen equivalent
16.4% 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 Crawford, Colorado, shaded from 6,440 ft on the southeast side to 6,790 ft on the north edge, below higher ground just outside
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Town in Delta County, Colorado, United States
Population
407 2024 est.
Land area
0.3 sq mi
Density
1,622 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.7039° N, 107.6089° W
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region
Colorado Plateaus
Drains to
Gunnison River → Colorado River → Gulf of California
Airport
Crawford (99V) 6,470 ft
ZIP codes 1
81415
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Crawford6,560 ft
  2. Colona6,360 ft
  3. Cedaredge6,180 ft
  4. Somerset6,020 ft
  5. Montrose5,860 ft
  6. Paonia5,680 ft
  7. Lazear5,450 ft
  8. Olathe5,360 ft
  9. Orchard City5,350 ft
  10. Hotchkiss5,350 ft
  11. Delta4,990 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Gunnison12,726 ft
  • Mount Guero12,059 ft
  • Coal Mountain11,680 ft
  • Mount Lamborn11,402 ft
  • Saddle Mountain, Delta County10,000 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.