West Kootenai, MT Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of West Kootenai, Montana, shaded from 2,460 ft on the southeast side to 3,440 ft at the foot of the Galton Range
Elevation
3,440 ft 1,045 m3,190 ft 975 m3,070 ft 935 m2,820 ft 860 m2,580 ft 785 m2,460 ft 750 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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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

West Kootenai sits at about 2,790 ft (850 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
2,790 ft 850 m
most residents: 2,530–3,060 ft
Lowest
2,460 ft 750 m
on the southeast side
Highest
3,440 ft 1,045 m
at the foot of the Galton Range
Average
2,780 ft 850 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

West Kootenai spans about 980 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.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
2,790 ft850 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, at the foot of the Galton Range
3,440 ft1,045 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side
2,460 ft750 m
Airport (88M)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.5 mi east of the CDP boundary
2,672 ft814 m
Average of all land2,780 ft850 m

Elevation profile, west to east

4.0 mi west to east through the middle of West Kootenai.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of West Kootenai, Montana, shaded from 2,460 ft on the southeast side to 3,440 ft at the foot of the Galton Range
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Lincoln County, Montana, United States
Population
422 2020 Census
Land area
16.1 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
26 per sq mi
Coordinates
48.9772° N, 115.2201° W
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region
Northern Rocky Mountains
Drains to
Kootenai River → Columbia River → Pacific Ocean
Airport
Eureka (88M) 2,672 ft
ZIP codes 1
59930
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Trego3,370 ft
  2. Stryker3,290 ft
  3. Olney3,200 ft
  4. Yaak3,080 ft
  5. Fortine3,050 ft
  6. Indian Springs2,830 ft
  7. West Kootenai2,790 ft
  8. Sylvanite2,720 ft
  9. Eureka2,620 ft
  10. Rexford2,550 ft
  11. Libby2,100 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Poorman Mountain7,810 ft
  • Mount Henry, Lincoln County7,247 ft
  • Boulder Mountain7,040 ft
  • McGuire Mountain6,974 ft
  • Caribou Mountain6,840 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).
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 2,450 ft at 48.9754° N, 115.1968° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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).
  • 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.
  • West Kootenai 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.