Arboles, CO Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
6,540 ft 1,995 m6,420 ft 1,960 m6,360 ft 1,940 m6,240 ft 1,905 m6,120 ft 1,865 m6,060 ft 1,850 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
Arboles sits at about 6,240 ft (1,900 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
6,240 ft 1,900 m
most residents: 6,180–6,360 ft
Lowest
6,060 ft 1,850 m
on the east side
Highest
6,540 ft 1,995 m
on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
6,210 ft 1,895 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Arboles spans about 480 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 | 6,240 ft1,900 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside | 6,540 ft1,995 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side | 6,060 ft1,850 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Arboles | 6,270 ft1,910 m |
| Average of all land | 6,210 ft1,895 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
2.4 mi west to east through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 6,240 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
200.4 °F93.6 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
79% of sea level
23.8 inHg (80.5 kPa): each breath holds 21% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
16.6% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+12% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Archuleta County, Colorado, United States
- Population
- 308 2020 Census
- Land area
- 5.2 sq mi + 1.0 sq mi water
- Density
- 60 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 37.0281° N, 107.4192° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Colorado Plateaus
- Drains to
- San Juan River → Colorado River → Gulf of California
- ZIP codes 2
- 81121 81137
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Bayfield6,980 ft
- Dulce, NM6,870 ft
- Lumberton, NM6,860 ft
- Southern Ute6,560 ft
- Middle Mesa, NM6,520 ft
- Ignacio6,460 ft
- La Boca, NM6,300 ft
- Arboles6,240 ft
- Cedar Hill, NM5,950 ft
- Navajo Dam, NM5,730 ft
- Turley, NM5,610 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Colorado214th highest of 484
- Towns in Archuleta Countylowest of 2
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Mount Oso13,650 ft
- Graham Peak12,536 ft
- Horse Mountain9,940 ft
- Chromo Mountain9,890 ft
- Archuleta Mesa9,230 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.
- Arboles 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.