Wright, WY Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
5,100 ft 1,555 m5,050 ft 1,540 m5,020 ft 1,530 m4,970 ft 1,515 m4,920 ft 1,500 m4,890 ft 1,490 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.
- Town area
- Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Wright sits at about 4,950 ft (1,510 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
4,950 ft 1,510 m
most residents: 4,920–5,030 ft
Lowest
4,890 ft 1,490 m
on the northwest side
Highest
5,100 ft 1,555 m
on the east side
Average
4,980 ft 1,515 m
all land inside town limits
Wright spans about 210 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 | 4,950 ft1,510 m |
| Highest point Inside town limits, on the east side | 5,100 ft1,555 m |
| Lowest point Inside town limits, on the northwest side | 4,890 ft1,490 m |
| Average of all land | 4,980 ft1,515 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
1.7 mi west to east through the middle of Wright.
Altitude Effects
What 4,950 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
202.8 °F94.9 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
83% of sea level
24.9 inHg (84.5 kPa): each breath holds 17% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
17.5% 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 Campbell County, Wyoming, United States
- Population
- 1,660 2024 est.
- Land area
- 3.0 sq mi
- Density
- 546 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 43.7524° N, 105.4894° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Great Plains
- Drains to
- Belle Fourche River → Cheyenne River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- ZIP codes 1
- 82732
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Rolling Hills5,340 ft
- Wright4,950 ft
- Edgerton4,910 ft
- Midwest4,860 ft
- Kaycee4,650 ft
- Sleepy Hollow4,590 ft
- Gillette4,560 ft
- Osage4,310 ft
- Upton4,270 ft
- Moorcroft4,240 ft
- Pine Haven4,200 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Wyoming139th highest of 205
- Towns in Campbell Countyhighest of 3
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Rocky Butte, Campbell County5,307 ft
- Four Points5,170 ft
- Rattlesnake Butte, Campbell County5,150 ft
- Black Butte, Campbell County5,099 ft
- Rocky Hill5,090 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.