Sierra Vista Southeast, AZ Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sierra Vista Southeast, Arizona, shaded from 4,050 ft on the northeast side to 9,450 ft on Miller Peak
Elevation
9,450 ft 2,880 m8,100 ft 2,470 m7,420 ft 2,265 m6,070 ft 1,850 m4,720 ft 1,440 m4,050 ft 1,235 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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.
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

Sierra Vista Southeast sits at about 4,640 ft (1,415 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
4,640 ft 1,415 m
most residents: 4,320–4,870 ft
Lowest
4,050 ft 1,235 m
on the northeast side
Highest
9,450 ft 2,880 m
on Miller Peak
Average
5,030 ft 1,535 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Sierra Vista Southeast spans about 5,400 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
4,640 ft1,415 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on Miller Peak
9,450 ft2,880 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast side
4,050 ft1,235 m
Average of all land5,030 ft1,535 m

Elevation profile, west to east

13 mi west to east through the middle of Sierra Vista Southeast.

Altitude Effects

What 4,640 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at
203.4 °F95.2 °C

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

Air pressure
84% of sea level

25.2 inHg (85.5 kPa): each breath holds 16% less air.

Oxygen equivalent
17.7% 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

Topographic elevation map of Sierra Vista Southeast, Arizona, shaded from 4,050 ft on the northeast side to 9,450 ft on Miller Peak
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 500 ft (152 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Cochise County, Arizona, United States
Population
14,298 2020 Census
Land area
110.7 sq mi
Density
129 per sq mi
Coordinates
31.4637° N, 110.2276° 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
ZIP codes 3
85615 85635 85650
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Bisbee5,020 ft
  2. Sonoita4,900 ft
  3. Elgin4,810 ft
  4. Sierra Vista Southeast4,640 ft
  5. Naco4,600 ft
  6. Sierra Vista4,590 ft
  7. Tombstone4,490 ft
  8. Whetstone4,360 ft
  9. Huachuca City4,350 ft
  10. Miracle Valley4,340 ft
  11. Palominas4,240 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Miller Peak9,450 ft
  • Huachuca Peak8,414 ft
  • Mount Ballard7,373 ft
  • Mount Washington7,200 ft
  • Red Mountain, Santa Cruz County6,350 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.
  • Sierra Vista Southeast 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.