Carey, ID Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
4,920 ft 1,500 m4,880 ft 1,490 m4,860 ft 1,480 m4,820 ft 1,470 m4,780 ft 1,455 m4,760 ft 1,450 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 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.
- City area
- Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Carey sits at about 4,780 ft (1,455 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
4,780 ft 1,455 m
most residents: 4,770–4,800 ft
Lowest
4,760 ft 1,450 m
on the south side
Highest
4,920 ft 1,500 m
on the north side
Average
4,790 ft 1,460 m
all land inside city limits
Carey spans about 160 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 | 4,780 ft1,455 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the north side | 4,920 ft1,500 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the south side | 4,760 ft1,450 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Carey | 4,790 ft1,460 m |
| Average of all land | 4,790 ft1,460 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
3.2 mi south to north through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 4,780 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
203.1 °F95.1 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
84% of sea level
25.1 inHg (85.0 kPa): each breath holds 16% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
17.6% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+10% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Blaine County, Idaho, United States
- Population
- 703 2024 est.
- Land area
- 3.5 sq mi
- Density
- 204 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 43.3077° N, 113.9448° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Columbia Plateau
- Drains to
- Little Wood River → Snake River → Columbia River → Pacific Ocean
- ZIP codes 1
- 83320
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Sun Valley6,000 ft
- Ketchum5,840 ft
- Arco5,330 ft
- Butte City5,320 ft
- Hailey5,310 ft
- Bellevue5,190 ft
- Gannett4,920 ft
- Carey4,780 ft
- Richfield4,320 ft
- Dietrich4,120 ft
- Shoshone3,970 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Idaho56th highest of 234
- Towns in Blaine Countylowest of 6
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Smiley Mountain11,511 ft
- Grays Peak, Blaine County10,550 ft
- Blizzard Mountain, Blaine County9,319 ft
- Patterson Peak8,350 ft
- Bell Mountain, Blaine County7,993 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).
- 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.