Emery, UT Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
6,860 ft 2,090 m6,690 ft 2,040 m6,610 ft 2,015 m6,440 ft 1,965 m6,280 ft 1,915 m6,190 ft 1,890 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.
- Town area
- Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Emery sits at about 6,250 ft (1,905 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
6,250 ft 1,905 m
most residents: 6,210–6,300 ft
Lowest
6,190 ft 1,890 m
on the southeast side
Highest
6,860 ft 2,090 m
on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
6,300 ft 1,920 m
all land inside town limits
Emery spans about 670 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 | 6,250 ft1,905 m |
| Highest point Inside town limits, on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside | 6,860 ft2,090 m |
| Lowest point Inside town limits, on the southeast side | 6,190 ft1,890 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Emery | 6,250 ft1,905 m |
| Average of all land | 6,300 ft1,920 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
1.3 mi west to east through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 6,250 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
200.4 °F93.5 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
79% of sea level
23.8 inHg (80.4 kPa): each breath holds 21% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
16.6% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+13% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Town in Emery County, Utah, United States
- Population
- 317 2024 est.
- Land area
- 1.2 sq mi
- Density
- 258 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 38.9230° N, 111.2488° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Colorado Plateaus
- Drains to
- Muddy Creek → Dirty Devil River → Colorado River → Gulf of California
- ZIP codes 1
- 84522
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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
- Manti5,630 ft
- Sterling5,570 ft
- Mayfield5,560 ft
- Salina5,160 ft
- Redmond5,110 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Utah51st highest of 334
- Towns in Emery Countyhighest of 9
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Mount Terrill11,550 ft
- Hilgard Mountain11,530 ft
- South Tent Mountain11,288 ft
- Marys Nipple10,992 ft
- North Horn Mountain9,660 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.