Mountain Home AFB, ID Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, shaded from 2,980 ft on the west side to 3,050 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
3,050 ft 930 m3,030 ft 925 m3,020 ft 920 m3,010 ft 915 m2,990 ft 910 m2,980 ft 910 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

Mountain Home AFB sits at about 3,010 ft (915 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
3,010 ft 915 m
most residents: 2,990–3,030 ft
Lowest
2,980 ft 910 m
on the west side
Highest
3,050 ft 930 m
on the northeast side
Average
3,000 ft 915 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Mountain Home AFB spans about 70 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
3,010 ft915 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast side
3,050 ft930 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side
2,980 ft910 m
Airport (U76)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.8 mi northeast of the CDP boundary
3,167 ft965 m
Average of all land3,000 ft915 m

Elevation profile, west to east

3.0 mi west to east through the middle of Mountain Home AFB.

Altitude Effects

What 3,010 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at
206.4 °F96.9 °C

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

Air pressure
90% of sea level

26.8 inHg (90.8 kPa): each breath holds 10% less air.

Oxygen equivalent
18.8% at sea level

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

Sunburn
+6% more UV

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

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, shaded from 2,980 ft on the west side to 3,050 ft on the northeast side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Elmore County, Idaho, United States
Population
3,191 2020 Census
Land area
10.0 sq mi
Density
320 per sq mi
Coordinates
43.0565° N, 115.8492° W
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region
Columbia Plateau
Drains to
Snake River → Columbia River → Pacific Ocean
Airport
Mountain Home Municipal (U76) 3,167 ft
ZIP codes 1
83648
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Robie Creek3,930 ft
  2. Mountain Home3,150 ft
  3. Mountain Home AFB3,010 ft
  4. Murphy2,830 ft
  5. Boise City2,710 ft
  6. Kuna2,690 ft
  7. Melba2,660 ft
  8. Glenns Ferry2,570 ft
  9. Hammett2,540 ft
  10. Bruneau2,500 ft
  11. Grand View2,370 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • House Mountain7,705 ft
  • Bennett Mountain7,441 ft
  • Rough Mountain7,094 ft
  • Danskin Peak6,696 ft
  • Grape Mountain5,880 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 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.
  • Mountain Home AFB 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.