Birney, MT Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
4,170 ft 1,270 m3,890 ft 1,185 m3,740 ft 1,140 m3,460 ft 1,055 m3,180 ft 970 m3,040 ft 925 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.
- Area
- Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Birney sits at about 3,220 ft (980 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
3,220 ft 980 m
most residents: 3,090–3,300 ft
Lowest
3,040 ft 925 m
on the northeast side
Highest
4,170 ft 1,270 m
on the west side
Average
3,310 ft 1,010 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Birney spans about 1,130 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 | 3,220 ft980 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side | 4,170 ft1,270 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast side | 3,040 ft925 m |
| Average of all land | 3,310 ft1,010 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
4.6 mi west to east through the middle of Birney.
Altitude Effects
What 3,220 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
206.0 °F96.7 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
89% of sea level
26.6 inHg (90.1 kPa): each breath holds 11% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
18.6% 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
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Rosebud County, Montana, United States
- Population
- 97 2020 Census
- Land area
- 15.1 sq mi
- Density
- 6.4 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 45.4150° N, 106.4672° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Great Plains
- Drains to
- Tongue River → Yellowstone River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- ZIP codes 1
- 59043
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Sheridan, WY3,820 ft
- Ranchester, WY3,770 ft
- Wyola3,700 ft
- Forty Mile Colony3,460 ft
- Lame Deer3,460 ft
- Busby3,440 ft
- Muddy3,410 ft
- Lodge Grass3,370 ft
- Colstrip3,250 ft
- Birney3,220 ft
- Ashland2,930 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Montana318th highest of 497
- Towns in Rosebud County3rd highest of 6
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Dry Fork Ridge8,540 ft
- Fisher Butte4,398 ft
- Poker Jim Butte4,365 ft
- Browns Mountain4,150 ft
- Pyramid Butte3,970 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.
- Birney 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.