Lame Deer, MT Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
4,400 ft 1,340 m4,090 ft 1,245 m3,930 ft 1,200 m3,610 ft 1,100 m3,300 ft 1,005 m3,140 ft 960 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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
Lame Deer sits at about 3,460 ft (1,055 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
3,460 ft 1,055 m
most residents: 3,350–3,920 ft
Lowest
3,140 ft 960 m
on the northwest side
Highest
4,400 ft 1,340 m
on the east side
Average
3,800 ft 1,155 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Lame Deer spans about 1,260 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 | 3,460 ft1,055 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side | 4,400 ft1,340 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side | 3,140 ft960 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Lame Deer | 3,330 ft1,015 m |
| Average of all land | 3,800 ft1,155 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
10 mi west to east through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 3,460 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
205.6 °F96.4 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
88% of sea level
26.4 inHg (89.3 kPa): each breath holds 12% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
18.5% 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 Rosebud County, Montana, United States
- Population
- 1,897 2020 Census
- Land area
- 55.6 sq mi
- Density
- 34 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 45.6230° N, 106.6667° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Great Plains
- Drains to
- Rosebud Creek → Yellowstone River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- ZIP codes 2
- 59003 59043
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Forty Mile Colony3,460 ft
- Lame Deer3,460 ft
- Busby3,440 ft
- Muddy3,410 ft
- Lodge Grass3,370 ft
- Colstrip3,250 ft
- Birney3,220 ft
- Crow Agency3,060 ft
- Ashland2,930 ft
- Forsyth2,520 ft
- Rosebud2,480 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Montana258th highest of 497
- Towns in Rosebud Countyhighest of 6
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Badger Peak4,428 ft
- Fisher Butte4,398 ft
- Charlie Black Butte4,370 ft
- Garfield Peak4,320 ft
- Painted Hill, Big Horn County3,790 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.
- Lame Deer 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.