Dayton, WY Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
4,060 ft 1,235 m4,020 ft 1,225 m4,000 ft 1,220 m3,960 ft 1,205 m3,920 ft 1,195 m3,900 ft 1,185 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
Dayton sits at about 3,940 ft (1,200 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
3,940 ft 1,200 m
most residents: 3,910–3,970 ft
Lowest
3,900 ft 1,185 m
on the northeast side
Highest
4,060 ft 1,235 m
at the foot of the Beaver Creek Hills
Average
3,940 ft 1,200 m
all land inside town limits
Dayton spans about 160 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 | 3,940 ft1,200 m |
| Highest point Inside town limits, at the foot of the Beaver Creek Hills | 4,060 ft1,235 m |
| Lowest point Inside town limits, on the northeast side | 3,900 ft1,185 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Dayton | 3,920 ft1,195 m |
| Average of all land | 3,940 ft1,200 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
0.7 mi south to north through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 3,940 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
204.7 °F95.9 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
87% of sea level
25.9 inHg (87.7 kPa): each breath holds 13% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
18.1% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+8% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Town in Sheridan County, Wyoming, United States
- Population
- 829 2024 est.
- Land area
- 0.5 sq mi
- Density
- 1,513 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 44.8752° N, 107.2623° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Great Plains
- Drains to
- Tongue River → Yellowstone River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- ZIP codes 1
- 82836
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Story5,120 ft
- Shell4,210 ft
- Parkman4,150 ft
- Big Horn4,090 ft
- Powder Horn4,020 ft
- Dayton3,940 ft
- Sheridan3,820 ft
- Ranchester3,770 ft
- Wyola, MT3,700 ft
- Forty Mile Colony, MT3,460 ft
- Lodge Grass, MT3,370 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Wyoming195th highest of 205
- Towns in Sheridan County5th highest of 9
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Cloud Peak13,167 ft
- Mather Peaks12,340 ft
- Hunt Mountain10,169 ft
- East Pryor Mountain8,791 ft
- Dry Fork Ridge8,540 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, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.