Lost Springs, WY Elevation & Topographic Map

Elevation

5,020 ft 1,530 m5,010 ft 1,530 m5,010 ft 1,525 m5,000 ft 1,525 m4,980 ft 1,520 m4,980 ft 1,515 m

Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 ft

USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau

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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

Lost Springs sits at about 5,000 ft (1,525 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside town limits (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)

5,000 ft 1,525 m

few residents

Lowest

4,980 ft 1,515 m

on the south side

Highest

5,020 ft 1,530 m

on the northwest side

Average

5,000 ft 1,525 m

all land inside town limits

Lost Springs spans about 40 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	5,000 ft1,525 m
Highest point Inside town limits, on the northwest side	5,020 ft1,530 m
Lowest point Inside town limits, on the south side	4,980 ft1,515 m
Town center USGS map point for Lost Springs	4,990 ft1,520 m
Average of all land	5,000 ft1,525 m

Altitude Effects

What 5,000 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at

202.7 °F94.8 °C

vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.

Air pressure

83% of sea level

24.9 inHg (84.3 kPa): each breath holds 17% less air.

Oxygen equivalent

17.4% at sea level

Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.

Sunburn

+10% more UV

EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.

Topographic Map

Location: Town in Converse County, Wyoming, United States
Population: 4 2024 est.
Land area: 0.1 sq mi
Density: 44 per sq mi
Coordinates: 42.7655° N, 104.9252° W
Time zone: Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region: Great Plains
Drains to: North Platte River → Middle Channel Platte River → Platte River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1: 82224

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

Esterbrook6,410 ft
Manville5,250 ft
Lusk5,030 ft
Lost Springs5,000 ft
El Rancho4,900 ft
Douglas4,840 ft
Glendo4,730 ft
Hartville4,700 ft
Orin4,680 ft
Lance Creek4,500 ft
Guernsey4,340 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Towns in Wyoming137th highest of 205
Towns in Converse County4th highest of 6

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

Laramie Peak10,210 ft
Warbonnet Peak9,418 ft
Eagle Mountain9,130 ft
Resse Mountain8,140 ft
Albany Peak7,700 ft

How we measure

Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the town limits; 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 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.