Garfield County, CO Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Garfield County, Colorado, shaded from 4,930 ft on the southwest side to 12,361 ft on Flat Top Mountain
Elevation
12,360 ft 3,770 m10,500 ft 3,200 m9,570 ft 2,920 m7,710 ft 2,350 m5,860 ft 1,785 m4,930 ft 1,500 m
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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.
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County area
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Elevation Data

Garfield County averages about 7,910 ft (2,410 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 4,930 ft on the southwest side to 12,361 ft on Flat Top Mountain.

Average elevation
7,910 ft 2,410 m
all land inside the county
Highest
12,361 ft 3,768 m
on Flat Top Mountain
Lowest
4,930 ft 1,500 m
on the southwest side

Garfield County spans about 7,430 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land7,910 ft2,410 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Flat Top Mountain (NGS survey height)
12,361 ft3,768 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
4,930 ft1,500 m

Elevation profile, south to north

32 mi south to north through Rifle.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Garfield County, Colorado, shaded from 4,930 ft on the southwest side to 12,361 ft on Flat Top Mountain
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 500 ft (152 m).
Location
County in Colorado, United States
Population
63,167 2024 est.
Land area
2,947.4 sq mi + 8.4 sq mi water
Density
21 per sq mi
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform regions
Colorado Plateaus 64%, Southern Rocky Mountains 35%
Drains to
Gulf of California
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Pitkin County9,970 ft
  2. Eagle County9,060 ft
  3. Routt County8,190 ft
  4. Garfield County7,910 ft
  5. Rio Blanco County7,220 ft
  6. Mesa County6,870 ft
  7. Uintah County, UT6,250 ft
  8. Grand County, UT5,770 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Flat Top Mountain12,361 ft
  • Sheep Mountain12,240 ft
  • Blair Mountain11,460 ft
  • Haystack Mountain10,980 ft
  • Sunlight Peak10,600 ft
All 13 towns in Garfield County by typical elevation
  1. Carbonate10,860 ft
  2. Catherine6,330 ft
  3. Mulford6,240 ft
  4. Carbondale6,190 ft
  5. Cattle Creek6,020 ft
  6. Chacra5,860 ft
  7. Glenwood Springs5,830 ft
  8. No Name5,820 ft
  9. New Castle5,730 ft
  10. Silt5,480 ft
  11. Rifle5,450 ft
  12. Battlement Mesa5,320 ft
  13. Parachute5,110 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 2 arc-second (≈200 ft, 62 m) grid, coarsened from 1 arc-second so the whole area fits one run. Land means the boundary minus Census area water (on this grid, water areas of at least half a cell).
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 highest grid cells; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. Lowest: the lowest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 lowest grid cells; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 4,930 ft at 39.3671° N, 108.8310° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.