Arivaca, AZ Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
4,100 ft 1,250 m3,970 ft 1,210 m3,900 ft 1,190 m3,770 ft 1,150 m3,640 ft 1,110 m3,570 ft 1,090 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
Arivaca sits at about 3,720 ft (1,135 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
3,720 ft 1,135 m
most residents: 3,640–3,880 ft
Lowest
3,570 ft 1,090 m
on the northwest side
Highest
4,100 ft 1,250 m
on the northwest side
Average
3,770 ft 1,150 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Arivaca spans about 530 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 | 3,720 ft1,135 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side | 4,100 ft1,250 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side | 3,570 ft1,090 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Arivaca | 3,640 ft1,110 m |
| Average of all land | 3,770 ft1,150 m |
| Nearest peak Cerro Colorado Mountains, 7.0 mi northeast of the CDP boundary | 5,310 ft1,620 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
4.3 mi south to north through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 3,720 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
205.1 °F96.2 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
87% of sea level
26.1 inHg (88.4 kPa): each breath holds 13% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
18.3% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+7% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Pima County, Arizona, United States
- Population
- 623 2020 Census
- Land area
- 27.8 sq mi
- Density
- 22 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 31.5748° N, 111.3323° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7, no daylight saving
- Landform region
- Basin and Range
- Drains to
- Brawley Wash
- ZIP codes 1
- 85601
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Nogales3,860 ft
- Arivaca3,720 ft
- Rio Rico3,560 ft
- Tumacacori-Carmen3,260 ft
- Tubac3,210 ft
- Elephant Head3,140 ft
- Arivaca Junction3,110 ft
- Amado3,100 ft
- Green Valley2,950 ft
- South Komelik2,510 ft
- San Miguel2,500 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Arizona216th highest of 467
- Towns in Pima County4th highest of 55
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Baboquivari Peak7,720 ft
- Atascosa Peak6,420 ft
- Keystone Peak6,190 ft
- San Cayetano Peak6,007 ft
- Cerro Colorado Mountains5,310 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.
- Arivaca 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.