Placerville, CO Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
7,850 ft 2,390 m7,700 ft 2,350 m7,630 ft 2,325 m7,490 ft 2,285 m7,340 ft 2,240 m7,270 ft 2,215 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
Placerville sits at about 7,460 ft (2,275 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
7,460 ft 2,275 m
most residents: 7,370–7,480 ft
Lowest
7,270 ft 2,215 m
on the northwest side
Highest
7,850 ft 2,390 m
at the foot of the San Miguel Mountains
Average
7,460 ft 2,275 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Placerville spans about 580 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 | 7,460 ft2,275 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, at the foot of the San Miguel Mountains | 7,850 ft2,390 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side | 7,270 ft2,215 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Placerville | 7,310 ft2,225 m |
| Airport (TEX) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.4 mi southeast of the CDP boundary | 9,070 ft2,765 m |
| Average of all land | 7,460 ft2,275 m |
| Nearest peak Little Cone, 5.6 mi south of the CDP boundary (NGS survey) | 11,989 ft3,654 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
0.4 mi west to east through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 7,460 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
198.1 °F92.3 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
76% of sea level
22.7 inHg (76.8 kPa): each breath holds 24% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
15.9% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+15% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States
- Population
- 362 2020 Census
- Land area
- 0.8 sq mi
- Density
- 469 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 38.0167° N, 108.0534° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Colorado Plateaus
- Drains to
- San Miguel River → Dolores River → Colorado River → Gulf of California
- Airport
- Telluride Regional (TEX) 9,070 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 81430
⤓ Download this map
WebP, 1200 × 900. Free to use: credit “ElevationOf.com” with a link to this page.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Ophir9,720 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
- Norwood7,020 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Colorado130th highest of 484
- Towns in San Miguel County5th highest of 6
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Mount Wilson14,200 ft
- Mount Sneffels14,100 ft
- Middle Peak13,250 ft
- Little Cone11,989 ft
- Horsefly Peak10,353 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.
- Placerville 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.