Vernon, CO Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
3,940 ft 1,200 m3,910 ft 1,190 m3,890 ft 1,185 m3,860 ft 1,175 m3,820 ft 1,165 m3,810 ft 1,160 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.
- Area
- Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Vernon sits at about 3,870 ft (1,180 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).
Typical elevation (all land)
3,870 ft 1,180 m
few residents
Lowest
3,810 ft 1,160 m
on the southeast side
Highest
3,940 ft 1,200 m
near the middle
Average
3,880 ft 1,185 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Vernon 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical (all land) Median of all land; too few residents to weight by | 3,870 ft1,180 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, near the middle | 3,940 ft1,200 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side | 3,810 ft1,160 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Vernon | 3,940 ft1,200 m |
| Average of all land | 3,880 ft1,185 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
1.1 mi south to north through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 3,870 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
204.8 °F96.0 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
87% of sea level
26.0 inHg (87.9 kPa): each breath holds 13% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
18.2% 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
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Yuma County, Colorado, United States
- Population
- 38 2020 Census
- Land area
- 1.1 sq mi
- Density
- 34 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 39.9464° N, 102.3155° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Great Plains
- Drains to
- Arikaree River → Republican River → Kansas River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- ZIP codes 1
- 80755
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Joes4,270 ft
- Kirk4,200 ft
- Yuma4,140 ft
- Idalia3,970 ft
- Eckley3,900 ft
- Vernon3,870 ft
- Jaqua Township, KS3,630 ft
- Wray3,560 ft
- Cleveland Run Township, KS3,440 ft
- Laird3,400 ft
- Haigler, NE3,290 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Colorado469th highest of 484
- Towns in Yuma County6th highest of 8
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Mount Yuma4,163 ft
- Peate Hill3,830 ft
- Pawnee Hill3,670 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary; 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 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.
- Vernon 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.