Meeker, CO Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Meeker, Colorado, shaded from 6,200 ft on the southwest side to 6,920 ft on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
6,920 ft 2,110 m6,740 ft 2,055 m6,650 ft 2,025 m6,470 ft 1,975 m6,290 ft 1,920 m6,200 ft 1,890 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
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.
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

Meeker sits at about 6,280 ft (1,915 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
6,280 ft 1,915 m
most residents: 6,230–6,440 ft
Lowest
6,200 ft 1,890 m
on the southwest side
Highest
6,920 ft 2,110 m
on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
6,400 ft 1,950 m
all land inside town limits

Meeker spans about 720 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.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
6,280 ft1,915 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
6,920 ft2,110 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the southwest side
6,200 ft1,890 m
Town center
USGS map point for Meeker
6,240 ft1,900 m
Airport (EEO)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 0.1 mi northeast of the town limits
6,415 ft1,955 m
Average of all land6,400 ft1,950 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.7 mi west to east through the town center.

Altitude Effects

What 6,280 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at
200.3 °F93.5 °C

vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.

Air pressure
79% of sea level

23.7 inHg (80.3 kPa): each breath holds 21% less air.

Oxygen equivalent
16.6% 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

Topographic elevation map of Meeker, Colorado, shaded from 6,200 ft on the southwest side to 6,920 ft on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Town in Rio Blanco County, Colorado, United States
Population
2,390 2024 est.
Land area
3.6 sq mi
Density
666 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.0375° N, 107.9131° W
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region
Colorado Plateaus
Drains to
White River → Green River → Colorado River → Gulf of California
Airport
Meeker Coulter Field (EEO) 6,415 ft
ZIP codes 1
81641
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Carbonate10,860 ft
  2. Meeker6,280 ft
  3. Craig6,230 ft
  4. Maybell5,920 ft
  5. Chacra5,860 ft
  6. Glenwood Springs5,830 ft
  7. New Castle5,730 ft
  8. Silt5,480 ft
  9. Rifle5,450 ft
  10. Battlement Mesa5,320 ft
  11. Parachute5,110 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Sleepy Cat Peak10,820 ft
  • Monument Peak9,211 ft
  • Joe Bush Mountain8,376 ft
  • Thornburgh Mountain8,240 ft
  • Juniper Mountain7,870 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.