Oracle, AZ Elevation & Topographic Map

Elevation

5,450 ft 1,660 m5,070 ft 1,545 m4,880 ft 1,485 m4,500 ft 1,370 m4,120 ft 1,255 m3,930 ft 1,200 m

Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft

USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau

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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

Oracle sits at about 4,500 ft (1,370 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation

4,500 ft 1,370 m

most residents: 4,230–4,620 ft

Lowest

3,930 ft 1,200 m

on the west side

Highest

5,450 ft 1,660 m

at the foot of the Santa Catalina Mountains

Average

4,430 ft 1,350 m

all land inside the CDP boundary

Oracle spans about 1,520 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	4,500 ft1,370 m
Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, at the foot of the Santa Catalina Mountains	5,450 ft1,660 m
Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side	3,930 ft1,200 m
Town center USGS map point for Oracle	4,520 ft1,380 m
Airport (E77) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 5.5 mi east of the CDP boundary	3,272 ft997 m
Average of all land	4,430 ft1,350 m
Nearest peak Mount Lemmon, 8.6 mi south of the CDP boundary (NGS survey)	9,191 ft2,801 m

Elevation profile, west to east

5.4 mi west to east through the town center.

Altitude Effects

What 4,500 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at

203.6 °F95.4 °C

vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.

Air pressure

85% of sea level

25.4 inHg (85.9 kPa): each breath holds 15% less air.

Oxygen equivalent

17.8% at sea level

Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.

Sunburn

+9% more UV

EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.

Topographic Map

Location: Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Pinal County, Arizona, United States
Population: 3,051 2020 Census
Land area: 15.9 sq mi
Density: 192 per sq mi
Coordinates: 32.6109° N, 110.7709° W
Time zone: Mountain UTC−7, no daylight saving
Landform region: Basin and Range
Drains to: San Pedro River → Gila River → Colorado River → Gulf of California
Airport: San Manuel (E77) 3,272 ft
ZIP codes 1: 85623

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

Summerhaven8,040 ft
Willow Canyon6,990 ft
Oracle4,500 ft
Campo Bonito4,310 ft
San Manuel3,430 ft
Saddlebrooke3,320 ft
Catalina3,110 ft
Oro Valley2,730 ft
Catalina Foothills2,700 ft
Mammoth2,390 ft
Dudleyville2,040 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Towns in Arizona172nd highest of 467
Towns in Pinal County2nd highest of 40

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

Mount Lemmon9,191 ft
Mica Mountain8,660 ft
Cathedral Rock7,900 ft
Rhodes Peak7,110 ft
Black Mountain, Pinal County5,595 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.
Oracle 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.