Simla, CO Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
6,060 ft 1,845 m6,030 ft 1,835 m6,010 ft 1,830 m5,980 ft 1,820 m5,940 ft 1,810 m5,920 ft 1,805 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
Simla sits at about 5,980 ft (1,825 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
5,980 ft 1,825 m
most residents: 5,960–6,010 ft
Lowest
5,920 ft 1,805 m
on the east side
Highest
6,060 ft 1,845 m
on the south side
Average
5,980 ft 1,825 m
all land inside town limits
Simla spans about 140 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 | 5,980 ft1,825 m |
| Highest point Inside town limits, on the south side | 6,060 ft1,845 m |
| Lowest point Inside town limits, on the east side | 5,920 ft1,805 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Simla | 5,970 ft1,820 m |
| Average of all land | 5,980 ft1,825 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
0.7 mi south to north through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 5,980 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
200.9 °F93.8 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
80% of sea level
24.0 inHg (81.3 kPa): each breath holds 20% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
16.8% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+12% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Town in Elbert County, Colorado, United States
- Population
- 583 2024 est.
- Land area
- 0.7 sq mi
- Density
- 894 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 39.1417° N, 104.0838° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Great Plains
- Drains to
- Big Sandy Creek → Arkansas River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- ZIP codes 1
- 80835
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Colorado231st highest of 484
- Towns in Elbert County5th highest of 6
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Pikes Peak14,115 ft
- Thunder Butte9,837 ft
- Devils Head9,700 ft
- Eagle Rock, Elbert County6,310 ft
- Matheson Hill5,985 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.