Caliente, NV Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
5,800 ft 1,770 m5,410 ft 1,650 m5,210 ft 1,590 m4,820 ft 1,470 m4,430 ft 1,350 m4,230 ft 1,290 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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
Caliente sits at about 4,410 ft (1,345 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
4,410 ft 1,345 m
most residents: 4,380–5,160 ft
Lowest
4,230 ft 1,290 m
on the southwest side
Highest
5,800 ft 1,770 m
at the foot of the Chief Range
Average
4,910 ft 1,495 m
all land inside city limits
Caliente spans about 1,570 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 | 4,410 ft1,345 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, at the foot of the Chief Range | 5,800 ft1,770 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the southwest side | 4,230 ft1,290 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Caliente | 4,400 ft1,340 m |
| Average of all land | 4,910 ft1,495 m |
| Nearest peak Chief Mountain, 3.0 mi north of the city limits (NGS survey) | 7,476 ft2,279 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
4.7 mi south to north through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 4,410 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
203.8 °F95.5 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
85% of sea level
25.5 inHg (86.2 kPa): each breath holds 15% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
17.8% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+9% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Lincoln County, Nevada, United States
- Population
- 964 2024 est.
- Land area
- 53.0 sq mi
- Density
- 18 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 37.6150° N, 114.5119° W
- Time zone
- Pacific UTC−8 / −7
- Landform region
- Basin and Range
- Drains to
- Meadow Valley Wash → Virgin River → Colorado River → Gulf of California
- ZIP codes 1
- 89008
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Pioche5,900 ft
- Ursine5,590 ft
- Modena, UT5,470 ft
- Enterprise, UT5,340 ft
- Dry Valley5,190 ft
- Panaca4,770 ft
- Bennett Springs4,710 ft
- Beaverdam4,600 ft
- Caliente4,410 ft
- Hiko4,340 ft
- Alamo3,470 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Nevada86th highest of 138
- Towns in Lincoln County9th highest of 11
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Highland Peak9,380 ft
- Chokecherry Mountain8,040 ft
- Sawmill Mountain7,620 ft
- Elly Mountain7,483 ft
- Chief Mountain7,476 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).
- 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.
- 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.