Denio, NV Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
4,220 ft 1,285 m4,210 ft 1,285 m4,210 ft 1,285 m4,200 ft 1,280 m4,190 ft 1,280 m4,190 ft 1,275 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.
- Area
- Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Denio sits at about 4,210 ft (1,280 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).
Typical elevation (all land)
4,210 ft 1,280 m
few residents
Lowest
4,190 ft 1,275 m
on the southeast side
Highest
4,220 ft 1,285 m
at the foot of the Bilk Creek Mountains
Average
4,210 ft 1,280 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Denio spans about 30 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 (all land) Median of all land; too few residents to weight by | 4,210 ft1,280 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, at the foot of the Bilk Creek Mountains | 4,220 ft1,285 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side | 4,190 ft1,275 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Denio | 4,210 ft1,280 m |
| Average of all land | 4,210 ft1,280 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
0.6 mi south to north through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 4,210 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
204.2 °F95.7 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
86% of sea level
25.6 inHg (86.8 kPa): each breath holds 14% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
18.0% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+8% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Humboldt County, Nevada, United States
- Population
- 34 2020 Census
- Land area
- 0.5 sq mi
- Density
- 74 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 41.9899° N, 118.6343° W
- Time zone
- Pacific UTC−8 / −7
- Landform region
- Basin and Range
- Drains to
- Closed basin (does not reach the sea)
- ZIP codes 1
- 89404
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- New Pine Creek, OR4,840 ft
- Cedarville, CA4,660 ft
- Lake City, CA4,610 ft
- Fort Bidwell, CA4,600 ft
- Fort McDermitt4,540 ft
- Paradise Valley4,530 ft
- Plush, OR4,490 ft
- McDermitt4,440 ft
- Winnemucca4,400 ft
- Orovada4,290 ft
- Denio4,210 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Nevada98th highest of 138
- Towns in Humboldt Countylowest of 8
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Duffer Peak9,400 ft
- Engeler Peak8,480 ft
- Mahogany Mountain7,943 ft
- Bishop Peak7,476 ft
- Big Mountain, Humboldt County6,970 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary; too few residents live here to weight by people.
- 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.
- Denio 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.