Fords Creek Colony, MT Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
3,600 ft 1,100 m3,580 ft 1,090 m3,570 ft 1,090 m3,550 ft 1,085 m3,530 ft 1,075 m3,520 ft 1,075 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.
- Area
- Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Fords Creek Colony sits at about 3,570 ft (1,090 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).
Typical elevation (all land)
3,570 ft 1,090 m
few residents
Lowest
3,520 ft 1,075 m
on the east side
Highest
3,600 ft 1,100 m
on the northwest side
Average
3,570 ft 1,090 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Fords Creek Colony spans about 80 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 (all land) Median of all land; too few residents to weight by | 3,570 ft1,090 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side | 3,600 ft1,100 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side | 3,520 ft1,075 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Fords Creek Colony | 3,570 ft1,090 m |
| Average of all land | 3,570 ft1,090 m |
| Nearest peak Black Butte, Fergus County, 7.3 mi north of the CDP boundary | 5,550 ft1,695 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
0.6 mi west to east through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 3,570 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
205.4 °F96.3 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
88% of sea level
26.3 inHg (88.9 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
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Fergus County, Montana, United States
- Population
- 5 2020 Census
- Land area
- 0.2 sq mi
- Density
- 29 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 47.1297° N, 108.9160° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Great Plains
- Drains to
- Box Elder Creek → Musselshell River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- ZIP codes 1
- 59032
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Warm Spring Creek4,490 ft
- Hilger4,070 ft
- Brooks3,960 ft
- Lewistown3,960 ft
- Lewistown Heights3,950 ft
- Ayers Ranch Colony3,600 ft
- Fords Creek Colony3,570 ft
- Spring Creek Colony3,530 ft
- Roy3,490 ft
- Grass Range3,480 ft
- Winnett2,960 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Montana234th highest of 497
- Towns in Fergus County11th highest of 17
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Greathouse Peak8,690 ft
- Old Baldy, Fergus County8,640 ft
- Judith Peak6,420 ft
- Antoine Butte5,740 ft
- Black Butte, Fergus County5,550 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary; too few residents live here to weight by people.
- 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.
- Fords Creek Colony 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. All public domain.