Empire, NV Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Empire, Nevada, shaded from 3,920 ft on the northwest side to 4,570 ft at the foot of the Selenite Range
Elevation
4,570 ft 1,395 m4,410 ft 1,345 m4,330 ft 1,320 m4,160 ft 1,270 m4,000 ft 1,220 m3,920 ft 1,195 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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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

Empire sits at about 4,020 ft (1,225 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
4,020 ft 1,225 m
few residents
Lowest
3,920 ft 1,195 m
on the northwest side
Highest
4,570 ft 1,395 m
at the foot of the Selenite Range
Average
4,080 ft 1,240 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Empire spans about 650 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 (all land)
Median of all land; too few residents to weight by
4,020 ft1,225 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, at the foot of the Selenite Range
4,570 ft1,395 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side
3,920 ft1,195 m
Town center
USGS map point for Empire
4,040 ft1,235 m
Average of all land4,080 ft1,240 m
Nearest peak
Selenite Peak, 2.9 mi northeast of the CDP boundary (NGS survey)
7,119 ft2,170 m

Elevation profile, west to east

3.0 mi west to east through the town center.

Altitude Effects

What 4,020 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at
204.5 °F95.9 °C

vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.

Air pressure
86% of sea level

25.8 inHg (87.4 kPa): each breath holds 14% less air.

Oxygen equivalent
18.1% at sea level

Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.

Sunburn
+8% more UV

EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Empire, Nevada, shaded from 3,920 ft on the northwest side to 4,570 ft at the foot of the Selenite Range
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Washoe County, Nevada, United States
Population
47 2020 Census
Land area
5.1 sq mi
Density
9.2 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.5757° N, 119.3421° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Basin and Range
Drains to
Closed basin (does not reach the sea)
ZIP codes 1
89405
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Milford, CA4,880 ft
  2. Humboldt River Ranch4,360 ft
  3. Doyle, CA4,270 ft
  4. Herlong, CA4,130 ft
  5. Litchfield, CA4,080 ft
  6. Patton Village, CA4,050 ft
  7. Empire4,020 ft
  8. Lovelock3,980 ft
  9. Gerlach3,950 ft
  10. Nixon3,920 ft
  11. Sutcliffe3,900 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Granite Mountain8,980 ft
  • Kumiva Peak8,241 ft
  • Selenite Peak7,119 ft
  • Dry Mountain6,530 ft
  • Old Razorback Mountain5,640 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary; too few residents live here to weight by people.
  • 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.
  • Empire 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.