Bear River, WY Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
6,910 ft 2,105 m6,810 ft 2,075 m6,760 ft 2,060 m6,650 ft 2,030 m6,550 ft 1,995 m6,500 ft 1,980 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
Bear River sits at about 6,550 ft (1,995 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
6,550 ft 1,995 m
most residents: 6,520–6,670 ft
Lowest
6,500 ft 1,980 m
on the north side
Highest
6,910 ft 2,105 m
on the southwest side
Average
6,590 ft 2,005 m
all land inside town limits
Bear River spans about 410 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 | 6,550 ft1,995 m |
| Highest point Inside town limits, on the southwest side | 6,910 ft2,105 m |
| Lowest point Inside town limits, on the north side | 6,500 ft1,980 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Bear River | 6,530 ft1,990 m |
| Airport (EVW) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.7 mi south of the town limits | 7,143 ft2,177 m |
| Average of all land | 6,590 ft2,005 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
1.7 mi west to east through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 6,550 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
199.8 °F93.2 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
78% of sea level
23.5 inHg (79.5 kPa): each breath holds 22% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
16.4% 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 Uinta County, Wyoming, United States
- Population
- 521 2024 est.
- Land area
- 2.1 sq mi
- Density
- 252 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 41.3841° N, 111.0263° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Middle Rocky Mountains
- Drains to
- Bear River → Great Salt Lake basin (does not reach the sea)
- Airport
- Evanston-uinta County Burns Field (EVW) 7,143 ft
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Robertson7,330 ft
- Evanston6,850 ft
- Urie6,760 ft
- Fort Bridger6,660 ft
- Bear River6,550 ft
- Carter6,510 ft
- Woodruff, UT6,340 ft
- Randolph, UT6,280 ft
- Laketown, UT5,980 ft
- Echo, UT5,660 ft
- Henefer, UT5,350 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Wyoming51st highest of 205
- Towns in Uinta County8th highest of 9
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Durst Mountain9,270 ft
- Porcupine Mountain9,200 ft
- Monte Cristo Peak9,153 ft
- Sharp Mountain9,090 ft
- Rex Peak8,000 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.