Esmeralda County, NV Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
13,150 ft 4,005 m10,790 ft 3,290 m9,610 ft 2,930 m7,250 ft 2,210 m4,890 ft 1,490 m3,710 ft 1,130 m
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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.
- County area
- Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Esmeralda County averages about 5,670 ft (1,730 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 3,710 ft on the southeast side to 13,147 ft on Boundary Peak.
Average elevation
5,670 ft 1,730 m
all land inside the county
Highest
13,147 ft 4,007 m
on Boundary Peak
Lowest
3,710 ft 1,130 m
on the southeast side
Esmeralda County spans about 9,440 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Average of all land | 5,670 ft1,730 m |
| Highest point Inside the county, on Boundary Peak (NGS survey height) | 13,147 ft4,007 m |
| Lowest point Inside the county, on the southeast side | 3,710 ft1,130 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
52 mi west to east through Dyer.
Topographic Map
- Location
- County in Nevada, United States
- Population
- 720 2024 est.
- Land area
- 3,581.9 sq mi + 7.2 sq mi water
- Density
- 0.2 per sq mi
- Time zone
- Pacific UTC−8 / −7
- Landform region
- Basin and Range
- Drains to
- Closed basin (does not reach the sea) 83%, Fish Lake basin (does not reach the sea) 13%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average
- Mono County, CA7,800 ft
- Mineral County5,910 ft
- Nye County5,810 ft
- Esmeralda County5,670 ft
- Inyo County, CA4,160 ft
Rankings by average elevation
- Counties in Nevada8th highest of 16
- Counties in the United States133rd highest of 3,151
Peaks and hills highest inside
- Piper Peak9,451 ft
- Silver Peak9,360 ft
- Harvey Peak9,293 ft
- Lone Mountain9,100 ft
- Magruder Mountain9,050 ft
All 3 towns in Esmeralda County by typical elevation
- Goldfield5,680 ft
- Dyer4,880 ft
- Silver Peak4,350 ft
How we measure
- Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 2 arc-second (≈200 ft, 62 m) grid, coarsened from 1 arc-second so the whole area fits one run. Land means the boundary minus Census area water (on this grid, water areas of at least half a cell).
- Highest and lowest: the highest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 highest grid cells; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. Lowest: the lowest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 lowest grid cells; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
- Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
- Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
- 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.