Fallon, NV Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Fallon, Nevada, shaded from 3,950 ft on the east side to 3,990 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
3,990 ft 1,215 m3,980 ft 1,215 m3,970 ft 1,210 m3,960 ft 1,210 m3,950 ft 1,205 m3,950 ft 1,205 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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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

Fallon sits at about 3,960 ft (1,210 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
3,960 ft 1,210 m
most residents: 3,960–3,970 ft
Lowest
3,950 ft 1,205 m
on the east side
Highest
3,990 ft 1,215 m
on the northeast side
Average
3,960 ft 1,210 m
all land inside city limits

Fallon spans about 40 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
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
3,960 ft1,210 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the northeast side
3,990 ft1,215 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the east side
3,950 ft1,205 m
Town center
USGS map point for Fallon
3,970 ft1,210 m
Airport (FLX)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 0.9 mi northeast of the city limits
3,966 ft1,209 m
Average of all land3,960 ft1,210 m

Altitude Effects

What 3,960 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at
204.6 °F95.9 °C

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

Air pressure
86% of sea level

25.9 inHg (87.6 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 Fallon, Nevada, shaded from 3,950 ft on the east side to 3,990 ft on the northeast side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Churchill County, Nevada, United States
Population
9,647 2024 est.
Land area
3.7 sq mi
Density
2,595 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.4735° N, 118.7774° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Basin and Range
Drains to
Closed basin (does not reach the sea)
Airport
Fallon Municipal (FLX) 3,966 ft
ZIP codes 1
89406
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Virginia City6,170 ft
  2. Yerington4,390 ft
  3. Dayton4,360 ft
  4. Stagecoach4,330 ft
  5. Silver Springs4,200 ft
  6. Schurz4,160 ft
  7. Fernley4,150 ft
  8. Wadsworth4,100 ft
  9. Fallon3,960 ft
  10. Fallon Station3,940 ft
  11. Nixon3,920 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Job Peak8,789 ft
  • Cleaver Peak6,650 ft
  • Desert Peak6,404 ft
  • Brown Knob6,089 ft
  • Churchill Peak6,047 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).
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 3,950 ft at 39.4621° N, 118.7476° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.