Banks, ID Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Banks, Idaho, shaded from 2,770 ft on the south side to 4,690 ft on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
4,690 ft 1,430 m4,210 ft 1,280 m3,970 ft 1,210 m3,490 ft 1,065 m3,010 ft 915 m2,770 ft 845 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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Banks sits at about 3,610 ft (1,100 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
3,610 ft 1,100 m
few residents
Lowest
2,770 ft 845 m
on the south side
Highest
4,690 ft 1,430 m
on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
3,610 ft 1,100 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Banks spans about 1,920 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 (all land)
Median of all land; too few residents to weight by
3,610 ft1,100 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
4,690 ft1,430 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the south side
2,770 ft845 m
Town center
USGS map point for Banks
2,900 ft880 m
Average of all land3,610 ft1,100 m
Nearest peak
Dry Buck Mountain, 3.4 mi north of the CDP boundary (NGS survey)
6,512 ft1,985 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.0 mi west to east through the town center.

Altitude Effects

What 3,610 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at
205.3 °F96.3 °C

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

Air pressure
88% of sea level

26.2 inHg (88.8 kPa): each breath holds 12% less air.

Oxygen equivalent
18.4% at sea level

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

Sunburn
+7% more UV

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

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Banks, Idaho, shaded from 2,770 ft on the south side to 4,690 ft on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Boise County, Idaho, United States
Population
22 2020 Census
Land area
2.2 sq mi
Density
10.0 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.0804° N, 116.1240° W
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region
Northern Rocky Mountains
Drains to
Payette River → Snake River → Columbia River → Pacific Ocean
ZIP codes 1
83602
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Smiths Ferry4,620 ft
  2. Placerville4,350 ft
  3. Lowman4,140 ft
  4. Idaho City3,910 ft
  5. Banks3,610 ft
  6. Avimor3,300 ft
  7. Crouch3,120 ft
  8. Garden Valley3,080 ft
  9. Hidden Springs2,910 ft
  10. Horseshoe Bend2,630 ft
  11. Emmett2,380 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Shafer Butte7,595 ft
  • Hawley Mountain, Boise County7,304 ft
  • Packer John Mountain7,080 ft
  • Dry Buck Mountain6,512 ft
  • Willow Ridge5,280 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.
  • Banks 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.