North Rock Springs, WY Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
7,560 ft 2,305 m7,250 ft 2,210 m7,100 ft 2,165 m6,800 ft 2,070 m6,490 ft 1,980 m6,340 ft 1,930 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
North Rock Springs sits at about 6,490 ft (1,980 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
6,490 ft 1,980 m
most residents: 6,410–6,910 ft
Lowest
6,340 ft 1,930 m
on the northeast side
Highest
7,560 ft 2,305 m
on the northwest side
Average
6,680 ft 2,035 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
North Rock Springs spans about 1,220 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 Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 6,490 ft1,980 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side | 7,560 ft2,305 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast side | 6,340 ft1,930 m |
| Town center USGS map point for North Rock Springs | 6,480 ft1,975 m |
| Airport (RKS) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 9.5 mi east of the CDP boundary | 6,765 ft2,062 m |
| Average of all land | 6,680 ft2,035 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
2.4 mi west to east through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 6,490 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 (79.7 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 Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States
- Population
- 2,439 2020 Census
- Land area
- 14.8 sq mi
- Density
- 165 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 41.6436° N, 109.2657° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Wyoming Basin
- Drains to
- Green River → Colorado River → Gulf of California
- Airport
- Southwest Wyoming Regional (RKS) 6,765 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 82901
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Superior6,970 ft
- Arrowhead Springs6,740 ft
- Point of Rocks6,670 ft
- Eden6,600 ft
- North Rock Springs6,490 ft
- Reliance6,430 ft
- Rock Springs6,340 ft
- Clearview Acres6,320 ft
- Purple Sage6,220 ft
- Green River6,200 ft
- James Town6,140 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Wyoming53rd highest of 205
- Towns in Sweetwater County10th highest of 19
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Little Mountain9,150 ft
- Pine Butte8,760 ft
- Steamboat Mountain8,705 ft
- Quaking Asp Mountain8,670 ft
- Mellor Mountain8,550 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 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.
- North Rock Springs 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.