Tonalea, AZ Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
5,850 ft 1,780 m5,740 ft 1,750 m5,690 ft 1,735 m5,580 ft 1,700 m5,470 ft 1,665 m5,420 ft 1,650 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
Tonalea sits at about 5,650 ft (1,720 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
5,650 ft 1,720 m
most residents: 5,620–5,670 ft
Lowest
5,420 ft 1,650 m
on the south side
Highest
5,850 ft 1,780 m
on the northwest side
Average
5,630 ft 1,715 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Tonalea spans about 430 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 | 5,650 ft1,720 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side | 5,850 ft1,780 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the south side | 5,420 ft1,650 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Tonalea | 5,650 ft1,720 m |
| Average of all land | 5,630 ft1,715 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
3.0 mi west to east through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 5,650 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
201.5 °F94.2 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
81% of sea level
24.3 inHg (82.3 kPa): each breath holds 19% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
17.0% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+11% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Coconino County, Arizona, United States
- Population
- 451 2020 Census
- Land area
- 9.9 sq mi
- Density
- 45 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 36.3225° N, 110.9635° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Colorado Plateaus
- Drains to
- Moenkopi Wash → Little Colorado River → Colorado River → Gulf of California
- ZIP codes 1
- 86044
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Shonto6,460 ft
- Shongopovi6,330 ft
- Hotevilla-Bacavi6,320 ft
- Kaibito6,030 ft
- Hard Rock5,950 ft
- Kykotsmovi Village5,670 ft
- Tonalea5,650 ft
- Bitter Springs5,120 ft
- Tuba City4,930 ft
- Moenkopi4,800 ft
- Cameron4,400 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Arizona93rd highest of 467
- Towns in Coconino County20th highest of 33
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Big Point7,990 ft
- Octagon Butte6,704 ft
- Chuar Butte6,510 ft
- Nankoweap Mesa6,310 ft
- Adah Hillini5,780 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.
- Tonalea 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.