Silt, CO Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Silt, Colorado, shaded from 5,400 ft on the southwest side to 5,900 ft on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
5,900 ft 1,800 m5,780 ft 1,760 m5,710 ft 1,740 m5,590 ft 1,705 m5,460 ft 1,665 m5,400 ft 1,645 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

Silt sits at about 5,480 ft (1,670 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
5,480 ft 1,670 m
most residents: 5,460–5,650 ft
Lowest
5,400 ft 1,645 m
on the southwest side
Highest
5,900 ft 1,800 m
on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
5,510 ft 1,680 m
all land inside town limits

Silt spans about 500 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
5,480 ft1,670 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
5,900 ft1,800 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the southwest side
5,400 ft1,645 m
Town center
USGS map point for Silt
5,460 ft1,665 m
Airport (RIL)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 3.2 mi west of the town limits
5,537 ft1,688 m
Average of all land5,510 ft1,680 m

Elevation profile, south to north

0.9 mi south to north through the town center.

Altitude Effects

What 5,480 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at
201.8 °F94.3 °C

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

Air pressure
82% of sea level

24.4 inHg (82.8 kPa): each breath holds 18% less air.

Oxygen equivalent
17.1% at sea level

Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.

Sunburn
+11% more UV

EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Silt, Colorado, shaded from 5,400 ft on the southwest side to 5,900 ft on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Town in Garfield County, Colorado, United States
Population
3,727 2024 est.
Land area
1.7 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
2,216 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.5486° N, 107.6562° W
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region
Colorado Plateaus
Drains to
Colorado River → Gulf of California
Airport
Rifle Garfield County (RIL) 5,537 ft
ZIP codes 1
81652
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Carbonate10,860 ft
  2. Carbondale6,190 ft
  3. Cattle Creek6,020 ft
  4. Chacra5,860 ft
  5. Glenwood Springs5,830 ft
  6. No Name5,820 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

  • Blair Mountain11,460 ft
  • Haystack Mountain10,980 ft
  • Flagpole Mountain10,610 ft
  • Sunlight Peak10,600 ft
  • Monument Peak9,211 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.