Clawson, UT Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
6,090 ft 1,855 m6,020 ft 1,835 m5,980 ft 1,825 m5,910 ft 1,800 m5,840 ft 1,780 m5,810 ft 1,770 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
Clawson sits at about 5,960 ft (1,815 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
5,960 ft 1,815 m
most residents: 5,880–5,970 ft
Lowest
5,810 ft 1,770 m
on the north side
Highest
6,090 ft 1,855 m
on the southwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
5,920 ft 1,805 m
all land inside town limits
Clawson spans about 280 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 | 5,960 ft1,815 m |
| Highest point Inside town limits, on the southwest edge, below higher ground just outside | 6,090 ft1,855 m |
| Lowest point Inside town limits, on the north side | 5,810 ft1,770 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Clawson | 5,940 ft1,810 m |
| Average of all land | 5,920 ft1,805 m |
| Nearest peak North Horn Mountain, 8.1 mi northwest of the town limits | 9,670 ft2,945 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
1.4 mi south to north through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 5,960 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
200.9 °F93.8 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
80% of sea level
24.0 inHg (81.3 kPa): each breath holds 20% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
16.8% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+12% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Town in Emery County, Utah, United States
- Population
- 168 2024 est.
- Land area
- 1.0 sq mi
- Density
- 168 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 39.1330° N, 111.0971° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Colorado Plateaus
- Drains to
- San Rafael River → Green River → Colorado River → Gulf of California
- ZIP codes 1
- 84516
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Emery6,250 ft
- Clawson5,960 ft
- Ferron5,960 ft
- Huntington5,790 ft
- Orangeville5,790 ft
- Castle Dale5,770 ft
- Cleveland5,730 ft
- Elmo5,700 ft
- Manti5,630 ft
- Sterling5,570 ft
- Ephraim5,560 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Utah70th highest of 334
- Towns in Emery County2nd highest of 9
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- South Tent Mountain11,288 ft
- Marys Nipple10,992 ft
- East Mountain10,740 ft
- North Horn Mountain9,660 ft
- Cedar Mountain, Emery County7,668 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.