Bonner-West Riverside, MT Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bonner-West Riverside, Montana, shaded from 3,240 ft on the southwest side to 3,750 ft at the foot of the North Hills
Elevation
3,750 ft 1,145 m3,620 ft 1,105 m3,560 ft 1,085 m3,430 ft 1,045 m3,300 ft 1,005 m3,240 ft 990 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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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

Bonner-West Riverside sits at about 3,290 ft (1,005 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
3,290 ft 1,005 m
most residents: 3,280–3,310 ft
Lowest
3,240 ft 985 m
on the southwest side
Highest
3,750 ft 1,145 m
at the foot of the North Hills
Average
3,290 ft 1,005 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Bonner-West Riverside spans about 510 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.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
3,290 ft1,005 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, at the foot of the North Hills
3,750 ft1,145 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side
3,240 ft985 m
Airport (MSO)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 8.6 mi west of the CDP boundary
3,206 ft977 m
Average of all land3,290 ft1,005 m
Nearest peak
University Mountain, 2.0 mi southwest of the CDP boundary
5,810 ft1,770 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.6 mi west to east through the middle of Bonner-West Riverside.

Altitude Effects

What 3,290 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at
205.9 °F96.6 °C

vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.

Air pressure
89% of sea level

26.5 inHg (89.8 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
+7% more UV

EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bonner-West Riverside, Montana, shaded from 3,240 ft on the southwest side to 3,750 ft at the foot of the North Hills
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Missoula County, Montana, United States
Population
1,690 2020 Census
Land area
1.5 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
1,102 per sq mi
Coordinates
46.8795° N, 113.8887° W
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region
Northern Rocky Mountains
Drains to
Clark Fork → Pend Oreille River → Columbia River → Pacific Ocean
Airport
Missoula Montana (MSO) 3,206 ft
ZIP codes 2
59802 59851
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Potomac3,640 ft
  2. Twin Creeks3,520 ft
  3. Turah3,500 ft
  4. Clinton3,470 ft
  5. Piltzville3,300 ft
  6. Bonner-West Riverside3,290 ft
  7. East Missoula3,270 ft
  8. Wye3,250 ft
  9. Missoula3,200 ft
  10. Lolo3,190 ft
  11. Orchard Homes3,140 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Sheep Mountain, Missoula County7,649 ft
  • Mineral Peak7,440 ft
  • Miller Peak7,034 ft
  • Bonner Mountain6,790 ft
  • University Mountain5,810 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.
  • Bonner-West Riverside 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.