Alberton, MT Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
3,680 ft 1,120 m3,500 ft 1,065 m3,400 ft 1,040 m3,220 ft 980 m3,040 ft 925 m2,950 ft 900 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.
- Town area
- Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Alberton sits at about 3,050 ft (930 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
3,050 ft 930 m
most residents: 3,040–3,140 ft
Lowest
2,950 ft 900 m
on the west side
Highest
3,680 ft 1,120 m
at the foot of the Grave Creek Range
Average
3,110 ft 950 m
all land inside town limits
Alberton spans about 730 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 | 3,050 ft930 m |
| Highest point Inside town limits, at the foot of the Grave Creek Range | 3,680 ft1,120 m |
| Lowest point Inside town limits, on the west side | 2,950 ft900 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Alberton | 3,050 ft930 m |
| Average of all land | 3,110 ft950 m |
| Nearest peak Martin Point, 2.8 mi south of the town limits | 6,030 ft1,840 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
0.3 mi south to north through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 3,050 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
206.3 °F96.9 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
89% of sea level
26.8 inHg (90.7 kPa): each breath holds 11% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
18.7% 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
- Location
- Town in Mineral County, Montana, United States
- Population
- 545 2024 est.
- Land area
- 0.5 sq mi
- Density
- 996 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 47.0016° N, 114.4735° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Northern Rocky Mountains
- Drains to
- Clark Fork → Pend Oreille River → Columbia River → Pacific Ocean
- ZIP codes 1
- 59820
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Evaro3,880 ft
- Wye3,250 ft
- Ravalli3,240 ft
- Orchard Homes3,140 ft
- Arlee3,100 ft
- Alberton3,050 ft
- Frenchtown3,040 ft
- Huson3,010 ft
- Cyr2,980 ft
- Riverbend2,760 ft
- Sčilíp2,610 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Montana359th highest of 497
- Towns in Mineral County4th highest of 8
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Ch-paa-qn Peak8,000 ft
- Stark Mountain7,353 ft
- Petty Mountain7,274 ft
- Martin Point6,030 ft
- Williams Peak5,460 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town 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 town 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.