South Tucson, AZ Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
2,480 ft 755 m2,460 ft 750 m2,450 ft 745 m2,420 ft 740 m2,400 ft 730 m2,380 ft 725 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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.
- City area
- Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
South Tucson sits at about 2,430 ft (740 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
2,430 ft 740 m
most residents: 2,410–2,440 ft
Lowest
2,380 ft 725 m
on the west side
Highest
2,480 ft 755 m
on the south side
Average
2,430 ft 740 m
all land inside city limits
South Tucson spans about 100 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 | 2,430 ft740 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the south side | 2,480 ft755 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the west side | 2,380 ft725 m |
| Town center USGS map point for South Tucson | 2,420 ft740 m |
| Airport (TUS) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.9 mi south of the city limits | 2,643 ft806 m |
| Average of all land | 2,430 ft740 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
1.0 mi west to east through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Pima County, Arizona, United States
- Population
- 4,535 2024 est.
- Land area
- 1.0 sq mi
- Density
- 4,416 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 32.1995° N, 110.9684° 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 1
- 85713
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Catalina Foothills2,700 ft
- Summit2,620 ft
- Tucson Estates2,550 ft
- Drexel Heights2,550 ft
- Tucson2,510 ft
- Valencia West2,510 ft
- South Tucson2,430 ft
- Kleindale2,400 ft
- Tucson Mountains2,390 ft
- Casas Adobes2,360 ft
- Flowing Wells2,280 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Arizona302nd highest of 467
- Towns in Pima County32nd highest of 55
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Mount Lemmon9,191 ft
- Mica Mountain8,660 ft
- Cathedral Rock7,900 ft
- Keystone Peak6,190 ft
- Wasson Peak4,686 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city 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 city limits (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).
- 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.