Carter, WY Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
6,680 ft 2,035 m6,630 ft 2,020 m6,600 ft 2,010 m6,550 ft 1,995 m6,490 ft 1,980 m6,460 ft 1,970 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.
- Area
- Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Carter sits at about 6,510 ft (1,985 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).
Typical elevation (all land)
6,510 ft 1,985 m
few residents
Lowest
6,460 ft 1,970 m
on the northeast side
Highest
6,680 ft 2,035 m
on the west side
Average
6,530 ft 1,990 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Carter spans about 220 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 (all land) Median of all land; too few residents to weight by | 6,510 ft1,985 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side | 6,680 ft2,035 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast side | 6,460 ft1,970 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Carter | 6,500 ft1,980 m |
| Airport (FBR) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.7 mi south of the CDP boundary | 7,038 ft2,145 m |
| Average of all land | 6,530 ft1,990 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
2.4 mi west to east through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 6,510 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
199.9 °F93.3 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
79% of sea level
23.5 inHg (79.6 kPa): each breath holds 21% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
16.5% 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
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Uinta County, Wyoming, United States
- Population
- 0 2020 Census
- Land area
- 3.1 sq mi
- Coordinates
- 41.4377° N, 110.4285° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Wyoming Basin
- Drains to
- Blacks Fork → Green River → Colorado River → Gulf of California
- Airport
- Fort Bridger (FBR) 7,038 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 82939
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Robertson7,330 ft
- Kemmerer7,040 ft
- Diamondville6,950 ft
- Oakley6,930 ft
- Mountain View6,780 ft
- Urie6,760 ft
- Lyman6,710 ft
- Opal6,660 ft
- Fort Bridger6,660 ft
- Carter6,510 ft
- Granger6,270 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Wyoming52nd highest of 205
- Towns in Uinta Countylowest of 9
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Gilbert Peak13,451 ft
- Tokewanna Peak13,140 ft
- South Fork Mountain9,481 ft
- Cedar Mountain, Uinta County8,590 ft
- Rex Peak8,000 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary; too few residents live here to weight by people.
- Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census CDP boundary (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.
- Carter is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
- Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.