Clayton, ID Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
6,140 ft 1,870 m5,970 ft 1,820 m5,880 ft 1,795 m5,710 ft 1,740 m5,540 ft 1,690 m5,460 ft 1,665 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.
- City area
- Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Clayton sits at about 5,620 ft (1,710 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside city limits (too few residents to weight by).
Typical elevation (all land)
5,620 ft 1,710 m
few residents
Lowest
5,460 ft 1,665 m
on the east side
Highest
6,140 ft 1,870 m
on the east edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
5,690 ft 1,735 m
all land inside city limits
Clayton spans about 680 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 | 5,620 ft1,710 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the east edge, below higher ground just outside | 6,140 ft1,870 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the east side | 5,460 ft1,665 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Clayton | 5,480 ft1,670 m |
| Average of all land | 5,690 ft1,735 m |
| Nearest peak Potaman Peak, 2.5 mi south of the city limits (NGS survey) | 9,381 ft2,859 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
1.0 mi west to east through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 5,620 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
201.6 °F94.2 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
81% of sea level
24.3 inHg (82.4 kPa): each breath holds 19% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
17.0% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+11% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Custer County, Idaho, United States
- Population
- 12 2024 est.
- Land area
- 0.1 sq mi
- Density
- 188 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 44.2591° N, 114.4004° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Northern Rocky Mountains
- Drains to
- Salmon River → Snake River → Columbia River → Pacific Ocean
- ZIP codes 1
- 83227
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Idaho18th highest of 234
- Towns in Custer County3rd highest of 4
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Sheep Mountain, Custer County10,914 ft
- Bald Mountain, Custer County10,318 ft
- Lone Pine Peak9,663 ft
- Potaman Peak9,381 ft
- Saturday Mountain8,920 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the city limits; 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 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.