Rincon Valley, AZ Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
3,560 ft 1,085 m3,380 ft 1,030 m3,280 ft 1,000 m3,100 ft 945 m2,910 ft 890 m2,820 ft 860 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
Rincon Valley sits at about 3,140 ft (955 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
3,140 ft 955 m
most residents: 3,020–3,210 ft
Lowest
2,820 ft 860 m
on the northwest side
Highest
3,560 ft 1,085 m
at the foot of the Rincon Mountains
Average
3,110 ft 950 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Rincon Valley spans about 740 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 | 3,140 ft955 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, at the foot of the Rincon Mountains | 3,560 ft1,085 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side | 2,820 ft860 m |
| Airport (TUS) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 11 mi west of the CDP boundary | 2,643 ft806 m |
| Average of all land | 3,110 ft950 m |
| Nearest peak Rincon Peak, 5.6 mi east of the CDP boundary | 8,460 ft2,580 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
3.6 mi west to east through the middle of Rincon Valley.
Altitude Effects
What 3,140 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
206.2 °F96.8 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
89% of sea level
26.7 inHg (90.3 kPa): each breath holds 11% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
18.7% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+6% 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
- 5,612 2020 Census
- Land area
- 25.4 sq mi
- Density
- 221 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 32.0881° N, 110.7003° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7, no daylight saving
- Landform region
- Basin and Range
- Drains to
- Santa Cruz River
- Airport
- Tucson International (TUS) 2,643 ft
- ZIP codes 2
- 85641 85747
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Mescal4,150 ft
- J-Six Ranchettes4,150 ft
- Corona de Tucson3,400 ft
- Vail3,220 ft
- Rincon Valley3,140 ft
- Sahuarita2,790 ft
- Tanque Verde2,680 ft
- Summit2,620 ft
- Tucson2,510 ft
- South Tucson2,430 ft
- Kleindale2,400 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Arizona255th highest of 467
- Towns in Pima County9th highest of 55
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Mount Lemmon9,191 ft
- Mica Mountain8,660 ft
- Rincon Peak8,460 ft
- Cathedral Rock7,900 ft
- Bald Mountain6,080 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).
- 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, 2,810 ft at 32.1274° N, 110.7390° 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.
- Rincon Valley 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.