Tanque Verde, AZ Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Tanque Verde, Arizona, shaded from 2,500 ft on the west side to 3,580 ft at the foot of the Santa Catalina Mountains
Elevation
3,580 ft 1,090 m3,310 ft 1,010 m3,170 ft 965 m2,900 ft 885 m2,630 ft 805 m2,500 ft 760 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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

Tanque Verde sits at about 2,680 ft (815 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
2,680 ft 815 m
most residents: 2,600–2,760 ft
Lowest
2,500 ft 760 m
on the west side
Highest
3,580 ft 1,090 m
at the foot of the Santa Catalina Mountains
Average
2,740 ft 835 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Tanque Verde spans about 1,080 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
2,680 ft815 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, at the foot of the Santa Catalina Mountains
3,580 ft1,090 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side
2,500 ft760 m
Town center
USGS map point for Tanque Verde
2,650 ft810 m
Airport (TUS)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 12 mi southwest of the CDP boundary
2,643 ft806 m
Average of all land2,740 ft835 m
Nearest peak
Cathedral Rock, 5.7 mi northwest of the CDP boundary
7,900 ft2,410 m

Elevation profile, south to north

6.1 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Tanque Verde, Arizona, shaded from 2,500 ft on the west side to 3,580 ft at the foot of the Santa Catalina Mountains
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Pima County, Arizona, United States
Population
16,172 2020 Census
Land area
32.3 sq mi
Density
501 per sq mi
Coordinates
32.2517° N, 110.7373° 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
85748 85749
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Summerhaven8,040 ft
  2. Willow Canyon6,990 ft
  3. Vail3,220 ft
  4. Rincon Valley3,140 ft
  5. Catalina Foothills2,700 ft
  6. Tanque Verde2,680 ft
  7. Tucson2,510 ft
  8. South Tucson2,430 ft
  9. Kleindale2,400 ft
  10. Casas Adobes2,360 ft
  11. Flowing Wells2,280 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

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).
  • 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.
  • Tanque Verde 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.