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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
Largest ESD Value in each State
State
County
Standard Deviation
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California Fresno 3,912 California Tulare 3,805 California Madera 3,351 Nevada Clark 3,281 Hawaii Hawaii 3,014 California Tuolumne 2,906 California Mariposa 2,695 California Placer 2,631 California Inyo 2,471 California Amador 2,434 California El Dorado 2,372 Alaska Valdez-Cordova 2,279 Alaska Yakutat 2,278 California Nevada 2,184 Washington Pierce 2,158 Colorado Boulder 2,127 Washington Whatcom 2,103 Alaska Denali 2,084 Montana Carbon 2,040 Washington Skagit 2,004 California Ventura 2,001 Colorado Larimer 1,914 Hawaii Maui 1,909 Alaska Matanuska-Susitna 1,883 California Tehama 1,881 Washington Snohomish 1,880 Wyoming Big Horn 1,871 Wyoming Park 1,867 Utah Duchesne 1,827 California Calaveras 1,807 Alaska Skagway-Angoon 1,794 Wyoming Sheridan 1,791 California Kern 1,769 Washington Jefferson 1,763 Montana Stillwater 1,743 Alaska Anchorage 1,730 Wyoming Fremont 1,718 Alaska Haines 1,686 Colorado San Miguel 1,685 California Shasta 1,677 California Mono 1,674 Colorado Delta 1,663 Wyoming Johnson 1,650 California Butte 1,647 Colorado Chaffee 1,642 Alaska Juneau 1,638 Colorado Mesa 1,625 Montana Park 1,622 Oregon Lane 1,620 California Los Angeles 1,616 Utah Summit 1,616 California Glenn 1,614 Colorado Ouray 1,613 Utah Garfield 1,608 Idaho Elmore 1,605 Nevada Clark 1,600 Utah Salt Lake 1,595 Colorado Garfield 1,592 Oregon Linn 1,562 Washington King 1,560 Colorado La Plata 1,560
State
County
Standard Deviation
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California Fresno 3,912 Hawaii Hawaii 3,014 Alaska Valdez-Cordova 2,279 Colorado Boulder 2,127 Montana Carbon 2,040 Washington Pierce 2,158 Wyoming Bighorn 1,871 Utah Duchesne 1,827 Oregon Lane 1,620 Idaho Elmore 1,605 Nevada Clark 1,600 Arizona Mohave 1,488 New Mexico Otero 1,411 South Dakota Pennington 1,391 Tennessee Sevier 1,277 North Carolina Swain 1,002 New York Greene 946 Texas Brewster 890 Vermont Addison 780 West Virginia Grant 771 New Hampshire Grafton 758 Maine Franklin 728 Virginia Grayson 596 Kentucky Harlan 564 Georgia Towns 550 Maryland Allegany 529 Arkansas Johnson 514 Pennsylvania Monroe 497 Massachusetts Hampshire 493 South Carolina Greenville 440 Michigan Baraga 414 Oklahoma Leflore 412 Nebraska Dawes 389 Alabama Jackson 382 New Jersey Passaic 365 Wisconsin Ashland 349 Minnesota Cook 318 Connecticut Litchfield 314 Kansas Clark 238 North Dakota Sioux 232 Missouri Iron 226 Rhode Island Providence 191 Iowa Allamakee 176 Ohio Scioto 174 Indiana Dearborn 149 Illinois Jo Daviess 127 Mississippi Jefferson 117 Louisiana Tangipahoa 95 Florida Escambia 88 Delaware New Castle 30
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