Ignacio, CO Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
6,560 ft 2,000 m6,530 ft 1,990 m6,510 ft 1,985 m6,480 ft 1,975 m6,450 ft 1,965 m6,430 ft 1,960 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
Ignacio sits at about 6,460 ft (1,970 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
6,460 ft 1,970 m
most residents: 6,440–6,540 ft
Lowest
6,430 ft 1,960 m
on the south side
Highest
6,560 ft 2,000 m
on the northwest side
Average
6,500 ft 1,980 m
all land inside town limits
Ignacio spans about 130 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 | 6,460 ft1,970 m |
| Highest point Inside town limits, on the northwest side | 6,560 ft2,000 m |
| Lowest point Inside town limits, on the south side | 6,430 ft1,960 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Ignacio | 6,450 ft1,965 m |
| Airport (DRO) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.2 mi west of the town limits | 6,689 ft2,039 m |
| Average of all land | 6,500 ft1,980 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
0.5 mi west to east through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 6,460 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
200.0 °F93.3 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
79% of sea level
23.6 inHg (79.8 kPa): each breath holds 21% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
16.5% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+13% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Town in La Plata County, Colorado, United States
- Population
- 847 2024 est.
- Land area
- 0.5 sq mi
- Density
- 1,598 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 37.1150° N, 107.6331° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Colorado Plateaus
- Drains to
- San Juan River → Colorado River → Gulf of California
- Airport
- Durango-la Plata County (DRO) 6,689 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 81137
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Bayfield6,980 ft
- Durango6,630 ft
- Southern Ute6,560 ft
- Middle Mesa, NM6,520 ft
- Ignacio6,460 ft
- La Boca, NM6,300 ft
- Arboles6,240 ft
- Cedar Hill, NM5,950 ft
- Center Point, NM5,740 ft
- Navajo Dam, NM5,730 ft
- Turley, NM5,610 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Colorado188th highest of 484
- Towns in La Plata Countylowest of 5
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Mount Oso13,650 ft
- Hesperus Mountain13,220 ft
- Graham Peak12,536 ft
- Silver Mountain, La Plata County12,470 ft
- Horse Mountain9,940 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.