Austin, NV Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
7,110 ft 2,165 m6,860 ft 2,090 m6,740 ft 2,055 m6,490 ft 1,980 m6,240 ft 1,900 m6,120 ft 1,865 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
Austin sits at about 6,670 ft (2,035 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
6,670 ft 2,035 m
most residents: 6,600–6,830 ft
Lowest
6,120 ft 1,865 m
on the northwest side
Highest
7,110 ft 2,165 m
on the south edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
6,550 ft 2,000 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Austin spans about 990 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 | 6,670 ft2,035 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the south edge, below higher ground just outside | 7,110 ft2,165 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side | 6,120 ft1,865 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Austin | 6,640 ft2,025 m |
| Airport (TMT) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.3 mi west of the CDP boundary | 5,735 ft1,748 m |
| Average of all land | 6,550 ft2,000 m |
| Nearest peak Telegraph Peak, Lander County, 3.8 mi north of the CDP boundary | 8,530 ft2,600 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
0.9 mi west to east through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 6,670 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
199.6 °F93.1 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
78% of sea level
23.4 inHg (79.2 kPa): each breath holds 22% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
16.4% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+13% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Lander County, Nevada, United States
- Population
- 167 2020 Census
- Land area
- 1.1 sq mi
- Density
- 145 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 39.4933° N, 117.0695° W
- Time zone
- Pacific UTC−8 / −7
- Landform region
- Basin and Range
- Drains to
- Reese River → Humboldt River → Closed basin (does not reach the sea)
- Airport
- Austin (TMT) 5,735 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 89310
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Austin6,670 ft
- Eureka6,540 ft
- Kingston6,040 ft
- Unionville5,190 ft
- Crescent Valley4,830 ft
- Gabbs4,670 ft
- Valmy4,520 ft
- Battle Mountain4,510 ft
- Humboldt River Ranch4,360 ft
- Lovelock3,980 ft
- Fallon Station3,940 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Nevada6th highest of 138
- Towns in Lander Countyhighest of 3
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Bunker Hill, Lander County11,477 ft
- Mount Callaghan10,195 ft
- Big Creek Peak10,010 ft
- Telegraph Peak, Lander County8,530 ft
- Ravenswood Peak8,130 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.
- Austin 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.