Colton, WA Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
2,670 ft 815 m2,630 ft 805 m2,620 ft 800 m2,580 ft 785 m2,550 ft 775 m2,530 ft 770 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
Colton sits at about 2,580 ft (785 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
2,580 ft 785 m
most residents: 2,550–2,630 ft
Lowest
2,530 ft 770 m
on the northwest side
Highest
2,670 ft 815 m
on the south side
Average
2,570 ft 785 m
all land inside town limits
Colton spans about 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 | 2,580 ft785 m |
| Highest point Inside town limits, on the south side | 2,670 ft815 m |
| Lowest point Inside town limits, on the northwest side | 2,530 ft770 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Colton | 2,560 ft780 m |
| Airport (PUW) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 12 mi north of the town limits | 2,567 ft782 m |
| Average of all land | 2,570 ft785 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
0.8 mi south to north through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Town in Whitman County, Washington, United States
- Population
- 401 2024 est.
- Land area
- 0.6 sq mi
- Density
- 650 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 46.5679° N, 117.1285° W
- Time zone
- Pacific UTC−8 / −7
- Landform region
- Columbia Plateau
- Drains to
- Union Flat Creek → Palouse River → Snake River → Columbia River → Pacific Ocean
- Airport
- Pullman/moscow Regional (PUW) 2,567 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 99113
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Genesee, ID2,690 ft
- Moscow, ID2,620 ft
- Uniontown2,600 ft
- Colton2,580 ft
- Pullman2,530 ft
- Albion2,250 ft
- Lewiston, ID1,360 ft
- Clarkston Heights-Vineland1,160 ft
- West Clarkston-Highland880 ft
- Asotin830 ft
- Clarkston830 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Washington11th highest of 639
- Towns in Whitman County3rd highest of 17
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Mount Misery6,370 ft
- Table Rock6,253 ft
- Bald Butte, Whitman County3,447 ft
- Castle Rock, Garfield County2,550 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).
- 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.