Golden Valley Colony, MT Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
3,800 ft 1,160 m3,780 ft 1,150 m3,770 ft 1,150 m3,740 ft 1,140 m3,720 ft 1,135 m3,710 ft 1,130 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
Golden Valley Colony sits at about 3,770 ft (1,150 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).
Typical elevation (all land)
3,770 ft 1,150 m
few residents
Lowest
3,710 ft 1,130 m
on the northeast side
Highest
3,800 ft 1,160 m
on the southwest side
Average
3,760 ft 1,150 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Golden Valley Colony 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 (all land) Median of all land; too few residents to weight by | 3,770 ft1,150 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side | 3,800 ft1,160 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast side | 3,710 ft1,130 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Golden Valley Colony | 3,800 ft1,155 m |
| Average of all land | 3,760 ft1,150 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
0.4 mi west to east through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 3,770 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
205.0 °F96.1 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
87% of sea level
26.1 inHg (88.3 kPa): each breath holds 13% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
18.2% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+8% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Golden Valley County, Montana, United States
- Population
- 4 2020 Census
- Land area
- 0.2 sq mi
- Density
- 19 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 46.2575° N, 109.2743° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Great Plains
- Drains to
- Musselshell River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- ZIP codes 1
- 59074
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Springwater Colony4,430 ft
- Harlowton4,210 ft
- Rapelje4,060 ft
- Broadview3,880 ft
- Mountain View Colony3,870 ft
- Shawmut3,860 ft
- Golden Valley Colony3,770 ft
- Ryegate3,660 ft
- Klein3,510 ft
- Lavina3,440 ft
- Camp Three3,230 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Montana203rd highest of 497
- Towns in Golden Valley Countyhighest of 3
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Crazy Peak11,170 ft
- Conical Peak10,750 ft
- Greathouse Peak8,690 ft
- Old Baldy, Fergus County8,640 ft
- Porcupine Butte7,010 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.
- Golden Valley 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.