Spencer, ID Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
6,260 ft 1,910 m6,160 ft 1,875 m6,100 ft 1,860 m6,000 ft 1,830 m5,890 ft 1,795 m5,840 ft 1,780 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
Spencer sits at about 5,940 ft (1,810 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside city limits (too few residents to weight by).
Typical elevation (all land)
5,940 ft 1,810 m
few residents
Lowest
5,840 ft 1,780 m
near the middle
Highest
6,260 ft 1,910 m
on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
5,960 ft 1,815 m
all land inside city limits
Spencer spans about 420 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 | 5,940 ft1,810 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside | 6,260 ft1,910 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, near the middle | 5,840 ft1,780 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Spencer | 5,910 ft1,800 m |
| Average of all land | 5,960 ft1,815 m |
| Nearest peak Lookout Point, 7.6 mi northeast of the city limits (NGS survey) | 8,721 ft2,658 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
2.1 mi south to north through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 5,940 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
200.9 °F93.9 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
80% of sea level
24.0 inHg (81.4 kPa): each breath holds 20% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
16.8% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+12% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Clark County, Idaho, United States
- Population
- 31 2024 est.
- Land area
- 1.1 sq mi
- Density
- 27 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 44.3605° N, 112.1869° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Northern Rocky Mountains
- Drains to
- Mud Lake basin (does not reach the sea)
- ZIP codes 1
- 83446
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Lakeview, MT6,690 ft
- Island Park6,420 ft
- Lima, MT6,250 ft
- Dell, MT5,990 ft
- Spencer5,940 ft
- Dubois5,140 ft
- St. Anthony4,970 ft
- Teton4,950 ft
- Parker4,920 ft
- Sugar City4,900 ft
- Mud Lake4,790 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Idaho14th highest of 234
- Towns in Clark Countyhighest of 2
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Red Conglomerate Peaks10,220 ft
- The Thumb9,885 ft
- Baldy Mountain, Beaverhead County9,880 ft
- Taylor Mountain, Clark County9,860 ft
- Lookout Point8,721 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.