Sheridan, MT Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
5,250 ft 1,600 m5,200 ft 1,585 m5,180 ft 1,580 m5,130 ft 1,560 m5,080 ft 1,545 m5,050 ft 1,540 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
Sheridan sits at about 5,140 ft (1,565 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
5,140 ft 1,565 m
most residents: 5,090–5,190 ft
Lowest
5,050 ft 1,540 m
on the southwest side
Highest
5,250 ft 1,600 m
at the foot of the Tobacco Root Mountains
Average
5,140 ft 1,565 m
all land inside town limits
Sheridan spans about 200 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 | 5,140 ft1,565 m |
| Highest point Inside town limits, at the foot of the Tobacco Root Mountains | 5,250 ft1,600 m |
| Lowest point Inside town limits, on the southwest side | 5,050 ft1,540 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Sheridan | 5,110 ft1,560 m |
| Airport (RVF) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.7 mi northwest of the town limits | 4,789 ft1,460 m |
| Average of all land | 5,140 ft1,565 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
1.0 mi west to east through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 5,140 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
202.5 °F94.7 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
83% of sea level
24.8 inHg (83.9 kPa): each breath holds 17% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
17.3% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+10% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Town in Madison County, Montana, United States
- Population
- 765 2024 est.
- Land area
- 1.0 sq mi
- Density
- 757 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 45.4555° N, 112.1969° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Northern Rocky Mountains
- Drains to
- Jefferson River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- Airport
- Ruby Valley Field (RVF) 4,789 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 59749
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Mammoth6,060 ft
- Virginia City5,870 ft
- Brandon5,700 ft
- Pony5,500 ft
- Sheridan5,140 ft
- Alder5,120 ft
- Glen4,990 ft
- Ennis4,970 ft
- McAllister4,890 ft
- Twin Bridges4,630 ft
- Silver Star4,550 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Montana38th highest of 497
- Towns in Madison County5th highest of 13
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Hollowtop Mountain10,610 ft
- Table Mountain10,220 ft
- Baldy Mountain, Madison County9,620 ft
- Brownback Mountain9,260 ft
- McCartney Mountain8,368 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.