Winchester, ID Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
4,030 ft 1,230 m4,000 ft 1,220 m3,980 ft 1,215 m3,950 ft 1,205 m3,920 ft 1,195 m3,910 ft 1,190 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
Winchester sits at about 3,980 ft (1,215 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
3,980 ft 1,215 m
most residents: 3,970–4,000 ft
Lowest
3,910 ft 1,190 m
on the southeast side
Highest
4,030 ft 1,225 m
on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
3,980 ft 1,215 m
all land inside city limits
Winchester spans about 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 3,980 ft1,215 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the west edge, below higher ground just outside | 4,030 ft1,225 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the southeast side | 3,910 ft1,190 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Winchester | 3,970 ft1,210 m |
| Average of all land | 3,980 ft1,215 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
0.4 mi south to north through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 3,980 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
204.6 °F95.9 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
86% of sea level
25.9 inHg (87.6 kPa): each breath holds 14% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
18.1% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+8% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Lewis County, Idaho, United States
- Population
- 366 2024 est.
- Land area
- 0.2 sq mi
- Density
- 2,080 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 46.2399° N, 116.6243° W
- Time zone
- Pacific UTC−8 / −7
- Landform region
- Columbia Plateau
- Drains to
- Snake River → Columbia River → Pacific Ocean
- ZIP codes 1
- 83555
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Winchester3,980 ft
- Craigmont3,750 ft
- Ferdinand3,750 ft
- Cottonwood3,570 ft
- Reubens3,530 ft
- Nezperce3,240 ft
- Culdesac1,670 ft
- Sweetwater1,410 ft
- Peck1,130 ft
- Lapwai970 ft
- Asotin, WA830 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Idaho106th highest of 234
- Towns in Lewis Countyhighest of 5
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Camp Howard Ridge6,069 ft
- Cottonwood Butte, Idaho County5,739 ft
- Craig Mountain5,330 ft
- McGary Butte4,461 ft
- Tamarack Ridge4,300 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.