Boise City, ID Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Boise City, Idaho, shaded from 2,560 ft on the northwest side to 3,680 ft on the east edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
3,680 ft 1,120 m3,400 ft 1,035 m3,260 ft 995 m2,980 ft 910 m2,700 ft 825 m2,560 ft 780 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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.
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Boise City sits at about 2,710 ft (825 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
2,710 ft 825 m
most residents: 2,640–2,820 ft
Lowest
2,560 ft 780 m
on the northwest side
Highest
3,680 ft 1,120 m
on the east edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
2,810 ft 855 m
all land inside city limits

Boise City spans about 1,120 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
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
2,710 ft825 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the east edge, below higher ground just outside
3,680 ft1,120 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the northwest side
2,560 ft780 m
Airport (BOI)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
2,872 ft875 m
Average of all land2,810 ft855 m
Nearest peak
Shaw Mountain, 2.7 mi east of the city limits (NGS survey)
5,907 ft1,800 m

Elevation profile, south to north

10 mi south to north through the middle of Boise City.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Boise City, Idaho, shaded from 2,560 ft on the northwest side to 3,680 ft on the east edge, below higher ground just outside
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
City in Ada County, Idaho, United States
Population
237,963 2024 est.
Land area
86.7 sq mi + 1.0 sq mi water
Density
2,744 per sq mi
Coordinates
43.6112° N, 116.2460° W
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region
Columbia Plateau
Drains to
Snake River → Columbia River → Pacific Ocean
Airport
Boise Air Trml/Gowen Field (BOI) 2,872 ft
ZIP codes 13
83616 83702 83703 83704 83705 83706 83709 83712 83713 83714 83716 83720 83725
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Robie Creek3,930 ft
  2. Avimor3,300 ft
  3. Hidden Springs2,910 ft
  4. Boise City2,710 ft
  5. Kuna2,690 ft
  6. Garden City2,610 ft
  7. Meridian2,590 ft
  8. Eagle2,570 ft
  9. Nampa2,490 ft
  10. Star2,470 ft
  11. Middleton2,410 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Shafer Butte7,595 ft
  • Mount Heinen6,347 ft
  • Warm Springs Point6,050 ft
  • Shaw Mountain5,907 ft
  • Grape Mountain5,880 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city 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 city 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).
  • 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.