Hillrose, CO Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
4,200 ft 1,280 m4,190 ft 1,275 m4,180 ft 1,275 m4,180 ft 1,275 m4,170 ft 1,270 m4,160 ft 1,270 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.
- Town area
- Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Hillrose sits at about 4,170 ft (1,270 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
4,170 ft 1,270 m
nearly all residents at this height
Lowest
4,160 ft 1,270 m
on the northeast side
Highest
4,170 ft 1,270 m
on the southeast side
Average
4,170 ft 1,270 m
all land inside town limits
Hillrose is nearly flat: its ground varies by only about 10 ft, so the figures below sit close together.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 4,170 ft1,270 m |
| Highest point Inside town limits, on the southeast side | 4,170 ft1,270 m |
| Lowest point Inside town limits, on the northeast side | 4,160 ft1,270 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Hillrose | 4,170 ft1,270 m |
| Airport (7V5) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.7 mi southwest of the town limits | 4,280 ft1,305 m |
| Average of all land | 4,170 ft1,270 m |
Altitude Effects
What 4,170 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
204.3 °F95.7 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
86% of sea level
25.7 inHg (87.0 kPa): each breath holds 14% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
18.0% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+8% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Town in Morgan County, Colorado, United States
- Population
- 317 2024 est.
- Land area
- 0.2 sq mi
- Density
- 1,677 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 40.3258° N, 103.5219° 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
- Brush Municipal (7V5) 4,280 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 80733
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Akron4,660 ft
- Saddle Ridge4,460 ft
- Morgan Heights4,400 ft
- Blue Sky4,380 ft
- Trail Side4,350 ft
- Fort Morgan4,320 ft
- Log Lane Village4,310 ft
- Brush4,240 ft
- Snyder4,200 ft
- Hillrose4,170 ft
- Merino4,040 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Colorado444th highest of 484
- Towns in Morgan Countylowest of 13
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Twin Hills4,770 ft
- Fremont Butte4,730 ft
- Round Top, Morgan County4,520 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).
- 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, 4,160 ft at 40.3274° N, 103.5224° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
- 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.