Large Standard Deviation in Elevation Counties *

* Compiled by Carl Mills


Explanation and Definitions

This page lists the counties with the largest standard deviation in elevation in two tables (henceforth, "ESD") -

Standard deviation is a statistical measure of the "spread" in data about some mean value.

Standard deviation in elevation is related to the vertical relief of counties, the latter designated county H-values.

For each table, counties are listed in descending order of ESD values in feet.


Largest ESD Values in all Fifty United States

State County Standard Deviation
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CaliforniaFresno3,912
CaliforniaTulare3,805
CaliforniaMadera3,351
NevadaClark 3,281
HawaiiHawaii3,014
CaliforniaTuolumne2,906
CaliforniaMariposa2,695
CaliforniaPlacer 2,631
CaliforniaInyo 2,471
CaliforniaAmador 2,434
CaliforniaEl Dorado 2,372
Alaska Valdez-Cordova2,279
Alaska Yakutat 2,278
CaliforniaNevada 2,184
WashingtonPierce 2,158
Colorado Boulder2,127
WashingtonWhatcom2,103
Alaska Denali 2,084
Montana Carbon 2,040
WashingtonSkagit 2,004
CaliforniaVentura2,001
Colorado Larimer1,914
Hawaii Maui 1,909
Alaska Matanuska-Susitna1,883
CaliforniaTehama 1,881
WashingtonSnohomish 1,880
Wyoming Big Horn 1,871
Wyoming Park 1,867
Utah Duchesne 1,827
CaliforniaCalaveras 1,807
Alaska Skagway-Angoon1,794
Wyoming Sheridan 1,791
CaliforniaKern 1,769
WashingtonJefferson1,763
MontanaStillwater1,743
Alaska Anchorage 1,730
WyomingFremont 1,718
Alaska Haines 1,686
Colorado San Miguel1,685
CaliforniaShasta 1,677
CaliforniaMono 1,674
Colorado Delta 1,663
Wyoming Johnson1,650
CaliforniaButte 1,647
Colorado Chaffee1,642
Alaska Juneau 1,638
Colorado Mesa 1,625
Montana Park 1,622
Oregon Lane 1,620
CaliforniaLos Angeles1,616
Utah Summit 1,616
CaliforniaGlenn 1,614
Colorado Ouray 1,613
Utah Garfield1,608
Idaho Elmore 1,605
Nevada Clark 1,600
Utah Salt Lake1,595
Colorado Garfield 1,592
Oregon Linn 1,562
WashingtonKing 1,560
Colorado La Plata 1,560


Largest ESD Value in each State

State County Standard Deviation
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CaliforniaFresno 3,912
Hawaii Hawaii 3,014
Alaska Valdez-Cordova2,279
Colorado Boulder 2,127
Montana Carbon 2,040
WashingtonPierce 2,158
Wyoming Bighorn 1,871
Utah Duchesne1,827
Oregon Lane 1,620
Idaho Elmore 1,605
Nevada Clark 1,600
Arizona Mohave 1,488
New Mexico Otero 1,411
South Dakota Pennington1,391
Tennessee Sevier 1,277
North CarolinaSwain 1,002
New York Greene 946
Texas Brewster890
Vermont Addison 780
West Virginia Grant 771
New Hampshire Grafton 758
Maine Franklin728
Virginia Grayson 596
Kentucky Harlan 564
Georgia Towns 550
Maryland Allegany 529
Arkansas Johnson 514
Pennsylvania Monroe 497
Massachusetts Hampshire 493
South CarolinaGreenville440
Michigan Baraga 414
Oklahoma Leflore412
Nebraska Dawes 389
Alabama Jackson382
New JerseyPassaic365
Wisconsin Ashland349
Minnesota Cook 318
Connecticut Litchfield314
Kansas Clark 238
North DakotaSioux 232
Missouri Iron 226
Rhode IslandProvidence191
Iowa Allamakee 176
Ohio Scioto 174
Indiana Dearborn 149
Illinois Jo Daviess127
MississippiJefferson 117
LouisianaTangipahoa95
Florida Escambia 88
Delaware New Castle30


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