Philipsburg, MT Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
5,680 ft 1,730 m5,540 ft 1,690 m5,470 ft 1,665 m5,330 ft 1,625 m5,200 ft 1,585 m5,130 ft 1,565 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.
- Town area
- Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Philipsburg sits at about 5,280 ft (1,610 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
5,280 ft 1,610 m
most residents: 5,190–5,360 ft
Lowest
5,130 ft 1,565 m
on the northwest side
Highest
5,680 ft 1,730 m
at the foot of the John Long Mountains
Average
5,300 ft 1,615 m
all land inside town limits
Philipsburg spans about 550 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 | 5,280 ft1,610 m |
| Highest point Inside town limits, at the foot of the John Long Mountains | 5,680 ft1,730 m |
| Lowest point Inside town limits, on the northwest side | 5,130 ft1,565 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Philipsburg | 5,240 ft1,600 m |
| Airport (U05) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 0.4 mi southwest of the town limits | 5,219 ft1,591 m |
| Average of all land | 5,300 ft1,615 m |
| Nearest peak Henderson Mountain, 8.1 mi north of the town limits | 7,100 ft2,165 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
1.0 mi west to east through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 5,280 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
202.2 °F94.5 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
82% of sea level
24.6 inHg (83.4 kPa): each breath holds 18% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
17.2% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+11% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Town in Granite County, Montana, United States
- Population
- 913 2024 est.
- Land area
- 0.8 sq mi
- Density
- 1,074 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 46.3321° N, 113.2942° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Northern Rocky Mountains
- Drains to
- Flint Creek → Clark Fork → Pend Oreille River → Columbia River → Pacific Ocean
- Airport
- Riddick Field (U05) 5,219 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 59858
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Anaconda-Deer Lodge County5,300 ft
- Philipsburg5,280 ft
- Maxville4,850 ft
- Avon4,730 ft
- Racetrack4,680 ft
- Deer Lodge4,560 ft
- Garrison4,400 ft
- Goldcreek4,200 ft
- Hall4,190 ft
- Drummond3,980 ft
- Clinton3,470 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Montana33rd highest of 497
- Towns in Granite Countyhighest of 4
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Mount Powell10,173 ft
- Mount Emerine8,620 ft
- Sandstone Ridge8,280 ft
- Silver King Mountain7,855 ft
- Henderson Mountain7,100 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town limits, 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 town limits (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.
- Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.