Owyhee, NV Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
7,770 ft 2,370 m7,130 ft 2,175 m6,810 ft 2,075 m6,160 ft 1,880 m5,520 ft 1,680 m5,200 ft 1,585 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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
Owyhee sits at about 5,370 ft (1,635 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
5,370 ft 1,635 m
most residents: 5,340–5,410 ft
Lowest
5,200 ft 1,585 m
on the southwest side
Highest
7,780 ft 2,370 m
on the northeast side
Average
5,800 ft 1,770 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Owyhee spans about 2,580 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 | 5,370 ft1,635 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast side | 7,780 ft2,370 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side | 5,200 ft1,585 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Owyhee | 5,400 ft1,645 m |
| Airport (10U) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways | 5,377 ft1,639 m |
| Average of all land | 5,800 ft1,770 m |
| Nearest peak Pennsylvania Hill, 6.9 mi south of the CDP boundary | 9,070 ft2,765 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
20 mi west to east through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 5,370 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
202.0 °F94.5 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
82% of sea level
24.6 inHg (83.2 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
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Elko County, Nevada, United States
- Population
- 1,027 2020 Census
- Land area
- 224.4 sq mi + 0.6 sq mi water
- Density
- 4.6 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 41.9477° N, 116.0987° W
- Time zone
- Pacific UTC−8 / −7
- Landform region
- Columbia Plateau
- Drains to
- Owyhee River → Snake River → Columbia River → Pacific Ocean
- Airport
- Owyhee (10U) 5,377 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 89832
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Wildhorse6,260 ft
- Jarbidge6,220 ft
- Tuscarora6,140 ft
- Midas5,760 ft
- Mountain City5,640 ft
- Owyhee5,370 ft
- Jackpot5,250 ft
- Ryndon5,230 ft
- Osino5,210 ft
- Bruneau, ID2,500 ft
- Grand View, ID2,370 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Nevada37th highest of 138
- Towns in Elko County9th highest of 17
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Porter Peak9,272 ft
- Pennsylvania Hill9,070 ft
- Merritt Mountain8,780 ft
- Pine Mountain8,652 ft
- Wilson Peak8,513 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.
- Owyhee 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.