Musselshell, MT Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
3,290 ft 1,005 m3,210 ft 980 m3,170 ft 965 m3,090 ft 945 m3,020 ft 920 m2,980 ft 905 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 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
Musselshell sits at about 3,000 ft (915 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
3,000 ft 915 m
most residents: 2,980–3,020 ft
Lowest
2,980 ft 905 m
on the northeast side
Highest
3,290 ft 1,005 m
on the east side
Average
3,090 ft 940 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Musselshell spans about 310 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 | 3,000 ft915 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side | 3,290 ft1,005 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast side | 2,980 ft905 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Musselshell | 3,000 ft915 m |
| Average of all land | 3,090 ft940 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
2.0 mi south to north through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 3,000 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 Musselshell County, Montana, United States
- Population
- 59 2020 Census
- Land area
- 2.6 sq mi
- Density
- 23 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 46.5186° N, 108.0912° 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
- 59059
⤓ Download this map
WebP, 1200 × 900. Free to use: credit “ElevationOf.com” with a link to this page.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Flat Willow Colony3,510 ft
- Klein3,510 ft
- Roundup3,240 ft
- Camp Three3,230 ft
- Kilby Butte Colony3,120 ft
- Musselshell3,000 ft
- Winnett2,960 ft
- Melstone2,930 ft
- Nibbe2,890 ft
- Pompeys Pillar2,870 ft
- Custer2,740 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Montana370th highest of 497
- Towns in Musselshell County6th highest of 7
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Greathouse Peak8,690 ft
- Old Baldy, Fergus County8,640 ft
- Square Butte, Musselshell County4,520 ft
- Chimney Butte, Musselshell County3,710 ft
- Kilby Butte3,590 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.
- Musselshell 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.