Huson, MT Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
3,170 ft 965 m3,120 ft 950 m3,100 ft 945 m3,060 ft 930 m3,010 ft 920 m2,990 ft 910 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
Huson sits at about 3,010 ft (920 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
3,010 ft 920 m
most residents: 3,010–3,080 ft
Lowest
2,990 ft 910 m
on the west side
Highest
3,170 ft 965 m
at the foot of the Grave Creek Range
Average
3,020 ft 920 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Huson spans about 180 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 | 3,010 ft920 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, at the foot of the Grave Creek Range | 3,170 ft965 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side | 2,990 ft910 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Huson | 3,010 ft915 m |
| Airport (MSO) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 14 mi southeast of the CDP boundary | 3,206 ft977 m |
| Average of all land | 3,020 ft920 m |
| Nearest peak Martin Point, 7.7 mi southwest of the CDP boundary | 6,030 ft1,840 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
1.4 mi west to east through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 3,010 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
206.4 °F96.9 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
90% of sea level
26.8 inHg (90.8 kPa): each breath holds 10% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
18.8% 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 Missoula County, Montana, United States
- Population
- 256 2020 Census
- Land area
- 0.8 sq mi
- Density
- 335 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 47.0313° N, 114.3273° 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 1
- 59846
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Evaro3,880 ft
- Wye3,250 ft
- Ravalli3,240 ft
- Missoula3,200 ft
- Orchard Homes3,140 ft
- Arlee3,100 ft
- Alberton3,050 ft
- Frenchtown3,040 ft
- Huson3,010 ft
- Cyr2,980 ft
- Sčilíp2,610 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Montana366th highest of 497
- Towns in Missoula Countylowest of 17
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Ch-paa-qn Peak8,000 ft
- Stark Mountain7,353 ft
- Petty Mountain7,274 ft
- Charity Peak6,580 ft
- Martin Point6,030 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.
- Huson 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.