Swink, CO Elevation & Topographic Map

Elevation

4,130 ft 1,260 m4,130 ft 1,260 m4,120 ft 1,255 m4,110 ft 1,255 m4,110 ft 1,250 m4,100 ft 1,250 m

Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 ft

USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau

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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

Swink sits at about 4,120 ft (1,255 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation

4,120 ft 1,255 m

most residents: 4,110–4,130 ft

Lowest

4,100 ft 1,250 m

on the northeast side

Highest

4,130 ft 1,260 m

on the southwest side

Average

4,120 ft 1,255 m

all land inside town limits

Swink spans about 30 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	4,120 ft1,255 m
Highest point Inside town limits, on the southwest side	4,130 ft1,260 m
Lowest point Inside town limits, on the northeast side	4,100 ft1,250 m
Town center USGS map point for Swink	4,120 ft1,255 m
Airport (LHX) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.5 mi east of the town limits	4,229 ft1,289 m
Average of all land	4,120 ft1,255 m

Altitude Effects

What 4,120 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at

204.3 °F95.7 °C

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

Air pressure

86% of sea level

25.7 inHg (87.1 kPa): each breath holds 14% less air.

Oxygen equivalent

18.0% at sea level

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

Sunburn

+8% more UV

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

Topographic Map

Location: Town in Otero County, Colorado, United States
Population: 587 2024 est.
Land area: 0.3 sq mi
Density: 2,096 per sq mi
Coordinates: 38.0145° N, 103.6283° W
Time zone: Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region: Great Plains
Drains to: Arkansas River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport: La Junta Municipal (LHX) 4,229 ft
ZIP codes 1: 81077

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

Olney Springs4,380 ft
Crowley4,350 ft
Ordway4,320 ft
Sugar City4,300 ft
Manzanola4,270 ft
Rocky Ford4,190 ft
Cheraw4,130 ft
Swink4,120 ft
La Junta4,110 ft
La Junta Gardens4,070 ft
North La Junta4,050 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Towns in Colorado449th highest of 484
Towns in Otero County5th highest of 8

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

Miller Mesa, Otero County4,440 ft
Meredith Hill4,404 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.