Ophir, CO Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
10,040 ft 3,060 m9,900 ft 3,020 m9,830 ft 3,000 m9,700 ft 2,955 m9,570 ft 2,915 m9,500 ft 2,895 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
Ophir sits at about 9,720 ft (2,960 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
9,720 ft 2,960 m
most residents: 9,650–9,860 ft
Lowest
9,500 ft 2,895 m
on the west side
Highest
10,040 ft 3,060 m
at the foot of the San Miguel Mountains
Average
9,720 ft 2,960 m
all land inside town limits
Ophir spans about 540 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 | 9,720 ft2,960 m |
| Highest point Inside town limits, at the foot of the San Miguel Mountains | 10,040 ft3,060 m |
| Lowest point Inside town limits, on the west side | 9,500 ft2,895 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Ophir | 9,690 ft2,950 m |
| Airport (TEX) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 7.5 mi northwest of the town limits | 9,070 ft2,765 m |
| Average of all land | 9,720 ft2,960 m |
| Nearest peak Vermilion Peak, 3.8 mi south of the town limits | 13,870 ft4,230 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
1.4 mi west to east through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 9,720 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
193.9 °F89.9 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
70% of sea level
20.8 inHg (70.5 kPa): each breath holds 30% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
14.6% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+19% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
CDC: about 1 in 4 visitors who sleep above 8,000 ft get altitude sickness. CDC Yellow Book
Topographic Map
- Location
- Town in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States
- Population
- 186 2024 est.
- Land area
- 0.2 sq mi
- Density
- 791 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 37.8569° N, 107.8326° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Southern Rocky Mountains
- Drains to
- San Miguel River → Dolores River → Colorado River → Gulf of California
- Airport
- Telluride Regional (TEX) 9,070 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 81426
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Ophir9,720 ft
- Silverton9,310 ft
- Mountain Village9,290 ft
- Rico8,810 ft
- Telluride8,760 ft
- Ouray7,800 ft
- Loghill Village7,790 ft
- Sawpit7,580 ft
- Placerville7,460 ft
- Portland7,210 ft
- Ridgway7,040 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Colorado12th highest of 484
- Towns in San Miguel Countyhighest of 6
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Mount Wilson14,200 ft
- Mount Sneffels14,100 ft
- Vermilion Peak13,870 ft
- Tower Mountain13,520 ft
- Sultan Mountain13,360 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. All public domain.