Alton, UT Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
7,790 ft 2,375 m7,590 ft 2,310 m7,480 ft 2,280 m7,270 ft 2,215 m7,070 ft 2,155 m6,960 ft 2,120 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.
- Town area
- Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Alton sits at about 7,080 ft (2,155 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
7,080 ft 2,155 m
most residents: 7,020–7,290 ft
Lowest
6,960 ft 2,120 m
on the west side
Highest
7,800 ft 2,375 m
on the southwest side
Average
7,240 ft 2,205 m
all land inside town limits
Alton spans about 840 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 | 7,080 ft2,155 m |
| Highest point Inside town limits, on the southwest side | 7,800 ft2,375 m |
| Lowest point Inside town limits, on the west side | 6,960 ft2,120 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Alton | 7,040 ft2,145 m |
| Average of all land | 7,240 ft2,205 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
2.6 mi west to east through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 7,080 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
198.8 °F92.7 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
77% of sea level
23.0 inHg (78.0 kPa): each breath holds 23% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
16.1% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+14% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Town in Kane County, Utah, United States
- Population
- 116 2024 est.
- Land area
- 2.3 sq mi
- Density
- 51 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 37.4378° N, 112.4827° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Colorado Plateaus
- Drains to
- Kanab Creek → Colorado River → Gulf of California
- ZIP codes 1
- 84710
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Brian Head9,880 ft
- Bryce Canyon City7,670 ft
- Alton7,080 ft
- Hatch6,910 ft
- Panguitch6,620 ft
- Tropic6,350 ft
- Henrieville5,980 ft
- Cannonville5,890 ft
- Glendale5,850 ft
- Orderville5,510 ft
- Kanab4,950 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Utah14th highest of 334
- Towns in Kane Countyhighest of 5
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Brian Head11,312 ft
- Black Mountain, Iron County10,380 ft
- Cedar Mountain, Iron County10,135 ft
- Sandy Peak9,550 ft
- Altar of Sacrifice7,510 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.