Cuchara, CO Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
9,710 ft 2,960 m9,360 ft 2,855 m9,190 ft 2,800 m8,840 ft 2,695 m8,490 ft 2,590 m8,320 ft 2,535 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.
- Area
- Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Cuchara sits at about 8,890 ft (2,710 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
8,890 ft 2,710 m
most residents: 8,510–9,120 ft
Lowest
8,320 ft 2,535 m
on the northeast side
Highest
9,710 ft 2,960 m
on the south edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
8,900 ft 2,715 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Cuchara spans about 1,390 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 | 8,890 ft2,710 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the south edge, below higher ground just outside | 9,710 ft2,960 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast side | 8,320 ft2,535 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Cuchara | 8,470 ft2,580 m |
| Average of all land | 8,900 ft2,715 m |
| Nearest peak Raspberry Mountain, 1.7 mi northwest of the CDP boundary | 11,220 ft3,420 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
3.8 mi south to north through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 8,890 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
195.4 °F90.8 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
72% of sea level
21.5 inHg (72.7 kPa): each breath holds 28% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
15.0% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+18% 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
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Huerfano County, Colorado, United States
- Population
- 94 2020 Census
- Land area
- 3.1 sq mi
- Density
- 30 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 37.3792° N, 105.1003° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Great Plains
- Drains to
- Cucharas River → Huerfano River → Arkansas River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Cuchara8,890 ft
- San Luis7,990 ft
- Fort Garland7,940 ft
- Stonewall Gap7,930 ft
- Blanca7,760 ft
- La Veta7,040 ft
- Weston6,860 ft
- Segundo6,500 ft
- Aguilar6,410 ft
- Lynn6,360 ft
- Walsenburg6,210 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Colorado37th highest of 484
- Towns in Huerfano Countyhighest of 4
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- West Spanish Peak13,560 ft
- East Spanish Peak12,660 ft
- Mount Mestas11,550 ft
- Raspberry Mountain11,220 ft
- Silver Mountain, Huerfano County10,510 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 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.
- Cuchara 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); BTS time zones. All public domain.