Sahuarita, AZ Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sahuarita, Arizona, shaded from 2,650 ft on the north side to 3,060 ft at the foot of the Sierrita Mountains
Elevation
3,060 ft 930 m2,950 ft 900 m2,900 ft 885 m2,800 ft 855 m2,700 ft 820 m2,650 ft 805 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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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.
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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

Sahuarita sits at about 2,790 ft (850 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
2,790 ft 850 m
most residents: 2,710–2,910 ft
Lowest
2,650 ft 805 m
on the north side
Highest
3,060 ft 930 m
at the foot of the Sierrita Mountains
Average
2,800 ft 850 m
all land inside town limits

Sahuarita spans about 410 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.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
2,790 ft850 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, at the foot of the Sierrita Mountains
3,060 ft930 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the north side
2,650 ft805 m
Town center
USGS map point for Sahuarita
2,710 ft825 m
Airport (TUS)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 8.0 mi north of the town limits
2,643 ft806 m
Average of all land2,800 ft850 m

Elevation profile, south to north

9.9 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sahuarita, Arizona, shaded from 2,650 ft on the north side to 3,060 ft at the foot of the Sierrita Mountains
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Town in Pima County, Arizona, United States
Population
37,448 2024 est.
Land area
31.7 sq mi
Density
1,182 per sq mi
Coordinates
31.9576° N, 110.9556° 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
85614 85629
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Corona de Tucson3,400 ft
  2. Vail3,220 ft
  3. Elephant Head3,140 ft
  4. Rincon Valley3,140 ft
  5. Arivaca Junction3,110 ft
  6. Green Valley2,950 ft
  7. Sahuarita2,790 ft
  8. Summit2,620 ft
  9. Drexel Heights2,550 ft
  10. Valencia West2,510 ft
  11. South Tucson2,430 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Old Baldy9,120 ft
  • Mount Hopkins8,550 ft
  • Keystone Peak6,190 ft
  • Cerro Colorado Mountains5,310 ft
  • Wasson Peak4,686 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, 2,640 ft at 32.0010° N, 110.9643° 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).
  • 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.