Weld County, CO Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Weld County, Colorado, shaded from 4,300 ft on the east side to 6,390 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
6,390 ft 1,945 m5,870 ft 1,790 m5,600 ft 1,710 m5,080 ft 1,550 m4,560 ft 1,390 m4,300 ft 1,310 m
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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.
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Elevation Data

Weld County averages about 4,970 ft (1,515 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 4,300 ft on the east side to 6,390 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
4,970 ft 1,515 m
all land inside the county
Highest
6,390 ft 1,945 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
4,300 ft 1,310 m
on the east side

Weld County spans about 2,090 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land4,970 ft1,515 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
6,390 ft1,945 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the east side
4,300 ft1,310 m

Elevation profile, south to north

69 mi south to north through Greeley.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Weld County, Colorado, shaded from 4,300 ft on the east side to 6,390 ft on the northwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
County in Colorado, United States
Population
369,745 2024 est.
Land area
3,985.0 sq mi + 31.8 sq mi water
Density
93 per sq mi
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region
Great Plains
Drains to
Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Larimer County7,790 ft
  2. Boulder County7,420 ft
  3. Laramie County, WY5,990 ft
  4. Broomfield County5,330 ft
  5. Adams County5,090 ft
  6. Weld County4,970 ft
  7. Kimball County, NE4,930 ft
  8. Morgan County4,500 ft
  9. Logan County4,190 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Simpson Mesa6,240 ft
  • Earthlodge Rock5,810 ft
  • Wildhorse Tit5,450 ft
  • Pawnee Buttes5,370 ft
  • Crow Valley Hill5,370 ft
All 33 towns in Weld County by typical elevation
  1. Northglenn partly5,360 ft
  2. Nunn5,190 ft
  3. Erie5,130 ft
  4. Grover5,080 ft
  5. Dacono5,060 ft
  6. Berthoud partly5,040 ft
  7. Lochbuie5,040 ft
  8. Pierce5,040 ft
  9. Brighton partly5,030 ft
  10. Longmont partly5,030 ft
  11. Aristocrat Ranchettes5,020 ft
  12. Mead5,010 ft
  13. Hudson5,010 ft
  14. Frederick4,980 ft
  15. Ault4,940 ft
  16. Keenesburg4,940 ft
  17. Fort Lupton4,910 ft
  18. Johnstown4,910 ft
  19. Firestone4,890 ft
  20. Severance4,890 ft
  21. Briggsdale4,860 ft
  22. Timnath partly4,840 ft
  23. Eaton4,830 ft
  24. Platteville4,810 ft
  25. Windsor4,800 ft
  26. Raymer (New Raymer)4,780 ft
  27. Milliken4,760 ft
  28. Greeley4,750 ft
  29. Gilcrest4,750 ft
  30. Evans4,730 ft
  31. Garden City4,700 ft
  32. La Salle4,680 ft
  33. Kersey4,620 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 2 arc-second (≈200 ft, 62 m) grid, coarsened from 1 arc-second so the whole area fits one run. Land means the boundary minus Census area water (on this grid, water areas of at least half a cell).
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 highest grid cells. Lowest: the lowest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 lowest grid cells; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 4,300 ft at 40.6951° N, 103.5815° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.