Loma, CO Elevation & Topographic Map

Elevation
4,670 ft 1,425 m4,610 ft 1,405 m4,590 ft 1,400 m4,530 ft 1,380 m4,470 ft 1,365 m4,440 ft 1,355 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.
- Area
- Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Loma sits at about 4,540 ft (1,385 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
4,540 ft 1,385 m
most residents: 4,500–4,580 ft
Lowest
4,440 ft 1,355 m
on the southeast side
Highest
4,670 ft 1,425 m
at the foot of the The Redlands
Average
4,550 ft 1,385 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Loma spans about 230 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 | 4,540 ft1,385 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, at the foot of the The Redlands | 4,670 ft1,425 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side | 4,440 ft1,355 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Loma | 4,510 ft1,375 m |
| Average of all land | 4,550 ft1,385 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
3.2 mi west to east through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 4,540 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
203.6 °F95.3 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
85% of sea level
25.3 inHg (85.8 kPa): each breath holds 15% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
17.7% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+9% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Mesa County, Colorado, United States
- Population
- 1,314 2020 Census
- Land area
- 10.9 sq mi
- Density
- 121 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 39.1958° N, 108.8132° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Colorado Plateaus
- Drains to
- Colorado River → Gulf of California
- ZIP codes 1
- 81524
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Battlement Mesa5,320 ft
- Parachute5,110 ft
- De Beque4,950 ft
- Palisade4,720 ft
- Fruitvale4,720 ft
- Orchard Mesa4,670 ft
- Clifton4,660 ft
- Redlands4,650 ft
- Grand Junction4,640 ft
- Loma4,540 ft
- Fruita4,520 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Colorado409th highest of 484
- Towns in Mesa County9th highest of 10
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Mount Hatten11,320 ft
- Haystack Mountain10,980 ft
- Piñon Mesa9,690 ft
- Monument Peak9,211 ft
- Rabbit Mountain7,640 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (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.
- Loma is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
- Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.