Florence, CO Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
5,450 ft 1,660 m5,360 ft 1,635 m5,320 ft 1,620 m5,230 ft 1,595 m5,140 ft 1,570 m5,100 ft 1,555 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.
- City area
- Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Florence sits at about 5,170 ft (1,575 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
5,170 ft 1,575 m
most residents: 5,160–5,290 ft
Lowest
5,100 ft 1,555 m
on the east side
Highest
5,450 ft 1,660 m
on the north side
Average
5,240 ft 1,595 m
all land inside city limits
Florence 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 5,170 ft1,575 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the north side | 5,450 ft1,660 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the east side | 5,100 ft1,555 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Florence | 5,180 ft1,580 m |
| Airport (1V6) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 0.4 mi north of the city limits | 5,442 ft1,659 m |
| Average of all land | 5,240 ft1,595 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
5.0 mi south to north through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 5,170 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
202.4 °F94.7 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
83% of sea level
24.7 inHg (83.8 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
- City in Fremont County, Colorado, United States
- Population
- 3,883 2024 est.
- Land area
- 4.5 sq mi
- Density
- 864 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 38.3903° N, 105.1186° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Great Plains
- Drains to
- Arkansas River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- Airport
- Fremont County (1V6) 5,442 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 81226
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Victor9,670 ft
- Rockvale5,490 ft
- Park Center5,490 ft
- Town of Coal Creek5,430 ft
- Williamsburg5,420 ft
- Lincoln Park5,380 ft
- Brookside5,380 ft
- Cañon City5,370 ft
- Penrose5,340 ft
- Florence5,170 ft
- Pueblo West5,060 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Colorado346th highest of 484
- Towns in Fremont Countylowest of 12
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Pikes Peak14,115 ft
- North Peak12,240 ft
- Hardscrabble Mountain, Custer County10,380 ft
- Thirtyone Mile Mountain10,300 ft
- Curley Peak9,630 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city 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 city 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.