Sawmill, AZ Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
7,940 ft 2,420 m7,840 ft 2,390 m7,800 ft 2,375 m7,700 ft 2,345 m7,600 ft 2,315 m7,550 ft 2,300 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
Sawmill sits at about 7,650 ft (2,335 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
7,650 ft 2,335 m
most residents: 7,620–7,800 ft
Lowest
7,550 ft 2,300 m
on the south side
Highest
7,940 ft 2,420 m
on the west side
Average
7,680 ft 2,340 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Sawmill spans about 390 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 | 7,650 ft2,335 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side | 7,940 ft2,420 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the south side | 7,550 ft2,300 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Sawmill | 7,680 ft2,340 m |
| Average of all land | 7,680 ft2,340 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
2.3 mi west to east through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 7,650 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
197.7 °F92.1 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
75% of sea level
22.5 inHg (76.3 kPa): each breath holds 25% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
15.8% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+15% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Apache County, Arizona, United States
- Population
- 597 2020 Census
- Land area
- 6.2 sq mi
- Density
- 97 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 35.9025° N, 109.1659° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Colorado Plateaus
- Drains to
- Black Creek → Puerco River → Little Colorado River → Colorado River → Gulf of California
- ZIP codes 1
- 86504
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Sawmill7,650 ft
- Crystal, NM7,380 ft
- Navajo, NM7,090 ft
- Black Hat, NM7,020 ft
- Tse Bonito, NM6,870 ft
- Fort Defiance6,830 ft
- St. Michaels6,800 ft
- Window Rock6,800 ft
- Nakaibito, NM6,410 ft
- Tohatchi, NM6,400 ft
- Nazlini6,220 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Arizona5th highest of 467
- Towns in Apache County4th highest of 39
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Roof Butte9,810 ft
- Sonsela Buttes8,990 ft
- Mount Powell8,752 ft
- Hosta Butte8,624 ft
- Balakai Point7,450 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.
- Sawmill 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.