Salt Creek, CO Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Salt Creek, Colorado, shaded from 4,640 ft on the north side to 4,770 ft on the south side
Elevation
4,770 ft 1,455 m4,740 ft 1,445 m4,720 ft 1,440 m4,690 ft 1,430 m4,660 ft 1,420 m4,640 ft 1,415 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Salt Creek sits at about 4,740 ft (1,445 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
4,740 ft 1,445 m
most residents: 4,690–4,770 ft
Lowest
4,640 ft 1,415 m
on the north side
Highest
4,770 ft 1,455 m
on the south side
Average
4,720 ft 1,440 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Salt Creek 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.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
4,740 ft1,445 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the south side
4,770 ft1,455 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the north side
4,640 ft1,415 m
Town center
USGS map point for Salt Creek
4,750 ft1,450 m
Airport (PUB)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 5.5 mi northeast of the CDP boundary
4,729 ft1,441 m
Average of all land4,720 ft1,440 m

Elevation profile, south to north

0.7 mi south to north through the town center.

Altitude Effects

What 4,740 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at
203.2 °F95.1 °C

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

Air pressure
84% of sea level

25.1 inHg (85.1 kPa): each breath holds 16% less air.

Oxygen equivalent
17.6% 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

Topographic elevation map of Salt Creek, Colorado, shaded from 4,640 ft on the north side to 4,770 ft on the south side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Pueblo County, Colorado, United States
Population
507 2020 Census
Land area
0.4 sq mi
Density
1,174 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.2384° N, 104.5871° W
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region
Great Plains
Drains to
Arkansas River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Pueblo Memorial (PUB) 4,729 ft
ZIP codes 1
81006
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Rye6,820 ft
  2. Beulah Valley6,400 ft
  3. Colorado City5,960 ft
  4. Penrose5,340 ft
  5. Pueblo West5,060 ft
  6. Pueblo4,800 ft
  7. Salt Creek4,740 ft
  8. Blende4,730 ft
  9. Vineland4,640 ft
  10. Avondale4,560 ft
  11. Boone4,480 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Pikes Peak14,115 ft
  • North Peak12,240 ft
  • Sheep Mountain, Huerfano County10,570 ft
  • Hardscrabble Mountain, Custer County10,380 ft
  • Curley Peak9,630 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.
  • Salt Creek 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.