Lance Creek, WY Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
4,960 ft 1,510 m4,780 ft 1,460 m4,700 ft 1,430 m4,520 ft 1,380 m4,350 ft 1,325 m4,260 ft 1,300 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.
- Area
- Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Lance Creek sits at about 4,500 ft (1,370 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).
Typical elevation (all land)
4,500 ft 1,370 m
few residents
Lowest
4,260 ft 1,300 m
on the north side
Highest
4,960 ft 1,510 m
on the west side
Average
4,510 ft 1,375 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Lance Creek spans about 700 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 | 4,500 ft1,370 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side | 4,960 ft1,510 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the north side | 4,260 ft1,300 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Lance Creek | 4,470 ft1,360 m |
| Average of all land | 4,510 ft1,375 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
9.8 mi west to east through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 4,500 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
203.6 °F95.4 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
85% of sea level
25.4 inHg (85.9 kPa): each breath holds 15% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
17.8% 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
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Niobrara County, Wyoming, United States
- Population
- 43 2020 Census
- Land area
- 41.9 sq mi
- Density
- 1.0 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 43.0325° N, 104.6419° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Great Plains
- Drains to
- Lance Creek → Cheyenne River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- ZIP codes 2
- 82222 82225
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Manville5,250 ft
- Lusk5,030 ft
- Lost Springs5,000 ft
- Douglas4,840 ft
- Van Tassell4,750 ft
- Glendo4,730 ft
- Orin4,680 ft
- Lance Creek4,500 ft
- Provo Township, SD3,790 ft
- Provo, SD3,730 ft
- Argentine Township, SD3,620 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Wyoming162nd highest of 205
- Towns in Niobrara Countylowest of 4
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Albany Peak7,700 ft
- Flat Top, Niobrara County5,010 ft
- West Rabbit Mountain4,760 ft
- East Rabbit Mountain4,730 ft
- White Hill4,550 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.
- Lance Creek 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); BTS time zones. All public domain.