Erie, CO Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
5,430 ft 1,655 m5,300 ft 1,615 m5,240 ft 1,595 m5,110 ft 1,560 m4,990 ft 1,520 m4,930 ft 1,500 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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.
- Town area
- Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Erie sits at about 5,130 ft (1,565 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
5,130 ft 1,565 m
most residents: 5,040–5,210 ft
Lowest
4,930 ft 1,500 m
on the north side
Highest
5,430 ft 1,655 m
on the southeast side
Average
5,120 ft 1,560 m
all land inside town limits
Erie spans about 500 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 | 5,130 ft1,565 m |
| Highest point Inside town limits, on the southeast side | 5,430 ft1,655 m |
| Lowest point Inside town limits, on the north side | 4,930 ft1,500 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Erie | 5,030 ft1,530 m |
| Airport (EIK) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways | 5,119 ft1,560 m |
| Average of all land | 5,120 ft1,560 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
6.6 mi south to north through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 5,130 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
202.5 °F94.7 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
83% of sea level
24.8 inHg (83.9 kPa): each breath holds 17% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
17.3% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+10% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Town in Weld and Boulder counties, Colorado, United States
- Population
- 38,594 2024 est.
- Land area
- 21.5 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,794 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 40.0503° N, 105.0500° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Great Plains
- Drains to
- South Platte River → Middle Channel Platte River → Platte River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- Airport
- Erie Municipal (EIK) 5,119 ft
- ZIP codes 2
- 80026 80516
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Paragon Estates5,470 ft
- Louisville5,430 ft
- Lafayette5,250 ft
- Gunbarrel5,190 ft
- Erie5,130 ft
- Niwot5,110 ft
- Dacono5,060 ft
- Leyner5,030 ft
- Longmont5,030 ft
- Frederick4,980 ft
- Firestone4,890 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Colorado350th highest of 484
- Towns in Weld County2nd highest of 28
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Longs Peak14,250 ft
- North Arapaho Peak13,490 ft
- Copeland Mountain13,170 ft
- Twin Sisters Mountain11,400 ft
- Starr Peak10,510 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. All public domain.