Fernley, NV Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
7,070 ft 2,155 m6,310 ft 1,925 m5,930 ft 1,805 m5,160 ft 1,575 m4,400 ft 1,340 m4,020 ft 1,225 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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.
- City area
- Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Fernley sits at about 4,150 ft (1,265 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
4,150 ft 1,265 m
most residents: 4,120–4,190 ft
Lowest
4,020 ft 1,225 m
on the east side
Highest
7,070 ft 2,155 m
on the southwest side
Average
4,570 ft 1,395 m
all land inside city limits
Fernley spans about 3,050 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 | 4,150 ft1,265 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the southwest side | 7,070 ft2,155 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the east side | 4,020 ft1,225 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Fernley | 4,150 ft1,265 m |
| Airport (N58) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways | 4,346 ft1,325 m |
| Average of all land | 4,570 ft1,395 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
11 mi south to north through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 4,150 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
204.3 °F95.7 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
86% of sea level
25.7 inHg (87.0 kPa): each breath holds 14% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
18.0% 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
- Location
- City in Lyon County, Nevada, United States
- Population
- 25,508 2024 est.
- Land area
- 123.2 sq mi + 6.7 sq mi water
- Density
- 207 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 39.6080° N, 119.2518° W
- Time zone
- Pacific UTC−8 / −7
- Landform region
- Basin and Range
- Drains to
- Closed basin (does not reach the sea)
- Airport
- Samsarg Field (N58) 4,346 ft
- ZIP codes 3
- 89406 89408 89429
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Virginia City6,170 ft
- Sun Valley4,760 ft
- Spanish Springs4,530 ft
- Sparks4,450 ft
- Stagecoach4,330 ft
- Silver Springs4,200 ft
- Fernley4,150 ft
- Wadsworth4,100 ft
- Fallon3,960 ft
- Nixon3,920 ft
- Sutcliffe3,900 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Nevada102nd highest of 138
- Towns in Lyon Countylowest of 7
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Virginia Peak8,360 ft
- Juniper Peak7,213 ft
- Clark Mountain7,202 ft
- Cleaver Peak6,650 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).
- 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.