Divide, CO Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
9,190 ft 2,800 m9,160 ft 2,795 m9,150 ft 2,790 m9,120 ft 2,780 m9,090 ft 2,770 m9,080 ft 2,765 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.
- Area
- Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Divide sits at about 9,140 ft (2,785 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).
Typical elevation (all land)
9,140 ft 2,785 m
few residents
Lowest
9,080 ft 2,765 m
on the west side
Highest
9,190 ft 2,800 m
at the foot of the Granite Hills
Average
9,140 ft 2,785 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Divide spans about 110 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 | 9,140 ft2,785 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, at the foot of the Granite Hills | 9,190 ft2,800 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side | 9,080 ft2,765 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Divide | 9,180 ft2,800 m |
| Average of all land | 9,140 ft2,785 m |
| Nearest peak Pikes Peak, 9.2 mi southeast of the CDP boundary (NGS survey) | 14,115 ft4,302 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
0.6 mi west to east through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 9,140 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
195.0 °F90.5 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
71% of sea level
21.3 inHg (72.0 kPa): each breath holds 29% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
14.9% 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 Teller County, Colorado, United States
- Population
- 143 2020 Census
- Land area
- 0.3 sq mi
- Density
- 426 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 38.9419° N, 105.1572° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Southern Rocky Mountains
- Drains to
- South Platte River → Middle Channel Platte River → Platte River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- ZIP codes 1
- 80814
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Goldfield9,930 ft
- Cripple Creek9,550 ft
- Midland9,370 ft
- Divide9,140 ft
- Woodland Park8,440 ft
- Florissant8,300 ft
- Green Mountain Falls7,810 ft
- Cascade-Chipita Park7,690 ft
- Westcreek7,640 ft
- Air Force Academy6,840 ft
- Manitou Springs6,410 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Colorado32nd highest of 484
- Towns in Teller County5th highest of 7
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Pikes Peak14,115 ft
- Badger Mountain11,295 ft
- Stoll Mountain10,850 ft
- Saddle Mountain, Park County10,790 ft
- Thunder Butte9,837 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.
- Divide 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.