Denton, MT Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
3,670 ft 1,120 m3,650 ft 1,110 m3,640 ft 1,110 m3,610 ft 1,100 m3,590 ft 1,095 m3,580 ft 1,090 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
Denton sits at about 3,600 ft (1,100 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
3,600 ft 1,100 m
most residents: 3,600–3,620 ft
Lowest
3,580 ft 1,090 m
on the northeast side
Highest
3,670 ft 1,120 m
on the northwest side
Average
3,600 ft 1,100 m
all land inside town limits
Denton spans about 90 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 | 3,600 ft1,100 m |
| Highest point Inside town limits, on the northwest side | 3,670 ft1,120 m |
| Lowest point Inside town limits, on the northeast side | 3,580 ft1,090 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Denton | 3,600 ft1,100 m |
| Average of all land | 3,600 ft1,100 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
0.9 mi south to north through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 3,600 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
205.3 °F96.3 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
88% of sea level
26.2 inHg (88.8 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 Fergus County, Montana, United States
- Population
- 212 2024 est.
- Land area
- 0.7 sq mi
- Density
- 305 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 47.3197° N, 109.9474° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Great Plains
- Drains to
- Wolf Creek → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- ZIP codes 1
- 59430
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Stanford4,290 ft
- Surprise Creek Colony4,280 ft
- Windham4,270 ft
- Moccasin4,180 ft
- Hobson4,110 ft
- Coffee Creek3,610 ft
- Denton3,600 ft
- Danvers3,550 ft
- Spring Creek Colony3,530 ft
- Deerfield Colony3,460 ft
- Square Butte3,140 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Montana227th highest of 497
- Towns in Fergus County9th highest of 17
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Taylor Peak7,780 ft
- Arrow Peak7,470 ft
- Woodhurst Mountain7,360 ft
- Square Butte, Chouteau County5,730 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. All public domain.