Prescott Valley, AZ Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
6,180 ft 1,885 m5,770 ft 1,760 m5,560 ft 1,695 m5,150 ft 1,570 m4,740 ft 1,445 m4,530 ft 1,380 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.
- Town area
- Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Prescott Valley sits at about 5,010 ft (1,525 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
5,010 ft 1,525 m
most residents: 4,850–5,130 ft
Lowest
4,530 ft 1,380 m
on the southeast side
Highest
6,182 ft 1,884 m
on Glassford Hill
Average
5,030 ft 1,535 m
all land inside town limits
Prescott Valley spans about 1,650 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 | 5,010 ft1,525 m |
| Highest point Inside town limits, on Glassford Hill | 6,182 ft1,884 m |
| Lowest point Inside town limits, on the southeast side | 4,530 ft1,380 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Prescott Valley | 5,010 ft1,530 m |
| Airport (PRC) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.4 mi northwest of the town limits | 5,045 ft1,538 m |
| Average of all land | 5,030 ft1,535 m |
| Nearest peak Mingus Mountain, 5.2 mi northeast of the town limits | 7,820 ft2,385 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
10 mi west to east through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 5,010 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
202.7 °F94.8 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
83% of sea level
24.9 inHg (84.3 kPa): each breath holds 17% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
17.4% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+10% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Town in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States
- Population
- 51,440 2024 est.
- Land area
- 40.4 sq mi
- Density
- 1,272 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 34.6100° N, 112.3157° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7, no daylight saving
- Landform region
- Basin and Range
- Drains to
- Agua Fria River → Gila River → Colorado River → Gulf of California
- Airport
- Prescott Regional/Ernest A Love Field (PRC) 5,045 ft
- ZIP codes 4
- 86303 86314 86315 86327
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Prescott5,430 ft
- Williamson5,090 ft
- Prescott Valley5,010 ft
- Jerome5,000 ft
- Wilhoit4,830 ft
- Chino Valley4,690 ft
- Dewey-Humboldt4,630 ft
- Mayer4,430 ft
- Clarkdale3,590 ft
- Cottonwood3,400 ft
- Verde Village3,380 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Arizona133rd highest of 467
- Towns in Yavapai County5th highest of 26
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Mount Union7,988 ft
- Mingus Mountain7,820 ft
- Towers Mountain7,632 ft
- Porcupine Mountain6,528 ft
- Black Mountain, Yavapai County6,050 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town limits, 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 town limits (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
- Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 4,530 ft at 34.5301° N, 112.2376° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
- 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.
- Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.