New River, AZ Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
3,330 ft 1,015 m2,920 ft 890 m2,720 ft 830 m2,310 ft 705 m1,910 ft 580 m1,700 ft 520 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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
New River sits at about 1,900 ft (580 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
1,900 ft 580 m
most residents: 1,800–2,280 ft
Lowest
1,700 ft 520 m
on the south side
Highest
3,330 ft 1,015 m
on the northeast side
Average
2,130 ft 650 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
New River spans about 1,630 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 | 1,900 ft580 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast side | 3,330 ft1,015 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the south side | 1,700 ft520 m |
| Town center USGS map point for New River | 2,020 ft615 m |
| Average of all land | 2,130 ft650 m |
| Nearest peak Benchmark Mountain, 7.3 mi northeast of the CDP boundary | 5,920 ft1,805 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
9.8 mi south to north through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States
- Population
- 17,290 2020 Census
- Land area
- 56.1 sq mi
- Density
- 308 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 33.9159° N, 112.1360° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7, no daylight saving
- Landform region
- Basin and Range
- Drains to
- New River → Gila River → Colorado River → Gulf of California
- ZIP codes 3
- 85086 85087 85331
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Carefree2,410 ft
- Cave Creek2,140 ft
- Black Canyon City2,030 ft
- New River1,900 ft
- Anthem1,870 ft
- Sun City West1,260 ft
- Surprise1,240 ft
- Peoria1,210 ft
- Sun City1,170 ft
- El Mirage1,130 ft
- Youngtown1,120 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Arizona339th highest of 467
- Towns in Maricopa County7th highest of 44
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Benchmark Mountain5,920 ft
- East Cedar Mountain5,431 ft
- Quien Sabe Peak4,870 ft
- East End3,930 ft
- Camelback Mountain2,708 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).
- 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.
- New River 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.