Kanab, UT Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
5,910 ft 1,800 m5,630 ft 1,715 m5,490 ft 1,670 m5,200 ft 1,585 m4,920 ft 1,500 m4,770 ft 1,455 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.
- City area
- Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Kanab sits at about 4,950 ft (1,510 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
4,950 ft 1,510 m
most residents: 4,890–5,030 ft
Lowest
4,770 ft 1,455 m
on the south side
Highest
5,910 ft 1,800 m
on the east side
Average
4,980 ft 1,515 m
all land inside city limits
Kanab spans about 1,140 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 | 4,950 ft1,510 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the east side | 5,910 ft1,800 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the south side | 4,770 ft1,455 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Kanab | 4,970 ft1,515 m |
| Airport (KNB) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways | 4,868 ft1,484 m |
| Average of all land | 4,980 ft1,515 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
3.5 mi west to east through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 4,950 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
202.8 °F94.9 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
83% of sea level
24.9 inHg (84.5 kPa): each breath holds 17% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
17.5% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+10% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Kane County, Utah, United States
- Population
- 5,291 2024 est.
- Land area
- 15.5 sq mi
- Density
- 341 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 37.0475° N, 112.5263° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Colorado Plateaus
- Drains to
- Kanab Creek → Colorado River → Gulf of California
- Airport
- Kanab Municipal (KNB) 4,868 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 84741
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Alton7,080 ft
- Glendale5,850 ft
- Orderville5,510 ft
- Moccasin, AZ5,070 ft
- Hildale5,060 ft
- Cane Beds, AZ5,030 ft
- Colorado City, AZ4,990 ft
- Kaibab, AZ4,970 ft
- Kanab4,950 ft
- Centennial Park, AZ4,920 ft
- Fredonia, AZ4,680 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Utah177th highest of 334
- Towns in Kane County4th highest of 5
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Black Mountain, Iron County10,380 ft
- Burnt Mountain7,670 ft
- Altar of Sacrifice7,510 ft
- Canaan Mountain7,360 ft
- Little Creek Mountain5,910 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city 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 city 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.