West Valley City, UT Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
5,320 ft 1,625 m5,050 ft 1,540 m4,910 ft 1,495 m4,640 ft 1,415 m4,360 ft 1,330 m4,230 ft 1,290 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.
- City area
- Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
West Valley City sits at about 4,290 ft (1,305 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
4,290 ft 1,305 m
most residents: 4,250–4,510 ft
Lowest
4,230 ft 1,290 m
on the northwest side
Highest
5,320 ft 1,625 m
at the foot of the Traverse Mountains
Average
4,450 ft 1,355 m
all land inside city limits
West Valley City spans about 1,090 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 | 4,290 ft1,305 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, at the foot of the Traverse Mountains | 5,320 ft1,625 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the northwest side | 4,230 ft1,290 m |
| Town center USGS map point for West Valley City | 4,310 ft1,310 m |
| Airport (SLC) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.3 mi north of the city limits | 4,231 ft1,290 m |
| Average of all land | 4,450 ft1,355 m |
| Nearest peak Nelson Peak, 5.5 mi southwest of the city limits (NGS survey) | 9,363 ft2,854 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
4.0 mi south to north through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 4,290 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
204.0 °F95.6 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
85% of sea level
25.6 inHg (86.6 kPa): each breath holds 15% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
17.9% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+9% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States
- Population
- 138,144 2024 est.
- Land area
- 35.8 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
- Density
- 3,856 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 40.6916° N, 112.0011° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Basin and Range
- Drains to
- Great Salt Lake basin (does not reach the sea)
- Airport
- Salt Lake City International (SLC) 4,231 ft
- ZIP codes 6
- 84044 84081 84118 84119 84120 84128
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Kearns4,650 ft
- West Jordan4,630 ft
- Holladay4,490 ft
- Midvale4,390 ft
- Taylorsville4,360 ft
- Millcreek4,350 ft
- Magna4,350 ft
- Murray4,320 ft
- Salt Lake City4,310 ft
- West Valley City4,290 ft
- South Salt Lake4,260 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Utah303rd highest of 334
- Towns in Salt Lake County23rd highest of 24
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Twin Peaks, Salt Lake County11,300 ft
- Gobblers Knob10,251 ft
- Nelson Peak9,363 ft
- Clipper Peak9,207 ft
- Farnsworth Peak9,039 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).
- Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 4,230 ft at 40.7251° N, 112.0524° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
- 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.