Wye, MT Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
3,350 ft 1,020 m3,290 ft 1,005 m3,260 ft 995 m3,210 ft 980 m3,150 ft 960 m3,120 ft 950 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
Wye sits at about 3,250 ft (990 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
3,250 ft 990 m
most residents: 3,190–3,290 ft
Lowest
3,120 ft 950 m
on the west side
Highest
3,350 ft 1,020 m
at the foot of the North Hills
Average
3,230 ft 985 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Wye spans about 230 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 | 3,250 ft990 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, at the foot of the North Hills | 3,350 ft1,020 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side | 3,120 ft950 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Wye | 3,330 ft1,015 m |
| Airport (MSO) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.0 mi southeast of the CDP boundary | 3,206 ft977 m |
| Average of all land | 3,230 ft985 m |
| Nearest peak Charity Peak, 7.8 mi north of the CDP boundary | 6,580 ft2,005 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
1.7 mi south to north through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 3,250 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
206.0 °F96.6 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
89% of sea level
26.6 inHg (90.0 kPa): each breath holds 11% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
18.6% 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 Missoula County, Montana, United States
- Population
- 714 2020 Census
- Land area
- 2.9 sq mi
- Density
- 246 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 46.9530° N, 114.1215° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Northern Rocky Mountains
- Drains to
- Clark Fork → Pend Oreille River → Columbia River → Pacific Ocean
- Airport
- Missoula Montana (MSO) 3,206 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 59808
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Evaro3,880 ft
- Piltzville3,300 ft
- Bonner-West Riverside3,290 ft
- East Missoula3,270 ft
- Wye3,250 ft
- Missoula3,200 ft
- Lolo3,190 ft
- Orchard Homes3,140 ft
- Arlee3,100 ft
- Frenchtown3,040 ft
- Huson3,010 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Montana311th highest of 497
- Towns in Missoula County12th highest of 17
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- McLeod Peak8,624 ft
- Sheep Mountain, Missoula County7,649 ft
- Petty Mountain7,274 ft
- Charity Peak6,580 ft
- University Mountain5,810 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.
- Wye 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.