Sawpit, CO Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sawpit, Colorado, shaded from 7,530 ft on the southwest side to 7,780 ft at the foot of the San Miguel Mountains
Elevation
7,780 ft 2,370 m7,720 ft 2,355 m7,690 ft 2,345 m7,630 ft 2,325 m7,570 ft 2,305 m7,530 ft 2,295 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.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Sawpit sits at about 7,580 ft (2,310 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside town limits (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
7,580 ft 2,310 m
few residents
Lowest
7,530 ft 2,295 m
on the southwest side
Highest
7,780 ft 2,370 m
at the foot of the San Miguel Mountains
Average
7,600 ft 2,315 m
all land inside town limits

Sawpit spans about 250 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 (all land)
Median of all land; too few residents to weight by
7,580 ft2,310 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, at the foot of the San Miguel Mountains
7,780 ft2,370 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the southwest side
7,530 ft2,295 m
Town center
USGS map point for Sawpit
7,610 ft2,320 m
Airport (TEX)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 5.7 mi southeast of the town limits
9,070 ft2,765 m
Average of all land7,600 ft2,315 m
Nearest peak
Little Cone, 6.5 mi southwest of the town limits (NGS survey)
11,989 ft3,654 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.3 mi west to east through the town center.

Altitude Effects

What 7,580 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at
197.9 °F92.2 °C

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

Air pressure
75% of sea level

22.6 inHg (76.5 kPa): each breath holds 25% less air.

Oxygen equivalent
15.8% 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

Topographic elevation map of Sawpit, Colorado, shaded from 7,530 ft on the southwest side to 7,780 ft at the foot of the San Miguel Mountains
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Town in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States
Population
39 2024 est.
Land area
under 0.1 sq mi
Density
1,300 per sq mi
Coordinates
37.9953° N, 108.0017° 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
81430
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Ophir9,720 ft
  2. Mountain Village9,290 ft
  3. Rico8,810 ft
  4. Telluride8,760 ft
  5. Ouray7,800 ft
  6. Loghill Village7,790 ft
  7. Sawpit7,580 ft
  8. Placerville7,460 ft
  9. Portland7,210 ft
  10. Ridgway7,040 ft
  11. Norwood7,020 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

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 median height of all land inside the town limits; too few residents live here to weight by people.
  • 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.