Belt, MT Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
3,850 ft 1,175 m3,760 ft 1,145 m3,720 ft 1,135 m3,630 ft 1,105 m3,540 ft 1,080 m3,500 ft 1,065 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
Belt sits at about 3,510 ft (1,070 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
3,510 ft 1,070 m
most residents: 3,510–3,530 ft
Lowest
3,500 ft 1,065 m
on the north side
Highest
3,850 ft 1,175 m
on the northwest side
Average
3,560 ft 1,085 m
all land inside town limits
Belt spans about 350 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 | 3,510 ft1,070 m |
| Highest point Inside town limits, on the northwest side | 3,850 ft1,175 m |
| Lowest point Inside town limits, on the north side | 3,500 ft1,065 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Belt | 3,510 ft1,070 m |
| Average of all land | 3,560 ft1,085 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
0.4 mi west to east through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 3,510 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
205.5 °F96.4 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
88% of sea level
26.3 inHg (89.1 kPa): each breath holds 12% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
18.4% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+7% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Town in Cascade County, Montana, United States
- Population
- 515 2024 est.
- Land area
- 0.3 sq mi
- Density
- 1,524 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 47.3861° N, 110.9255° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Great Plains
- Drains to
- Belt Creek → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- ZIP codes 1
- 59412
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Riceville4,300 ft
- Pleasant Valley Colony4,190 ft
- Raynesford4,030 ft
- Stockett3,840 ft
- Big Stone Colony3,750 ft
- Sand Coulee3,690 ft
- Centerville3,590 ft
- Belt3,510 ft
- Malmstrom AFB3,450 ft
- Tracy3,440 ft
- Highwood3,390 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Montana247th highest of 497
- Towns in Cascade County11th highest of 24
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Barker Mountain8,313 ft
- Highwood Baldy7,660 ft
- Arrow Peak7,470 ft
- Tiger Butte7,010 ft
- Carter Mountain5,470 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.