Fish Springs, NV Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
5,430 ft 1,655 m5,310 ft 1,620 m5,240 ft 1,600 m5,120 ft 1,560 m4,990 ft 1,520 m4,930 ft 1,505 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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.
- Area
- Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Fish Springs sits at about 5,180 ft (1,580 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
5,180 ft 1,580 m
most residents: 5,110–5,230 ft
Lowest
4,930 ft 1,505 m
on the northwest side
Highest
5,430 ft 1,655 m
at the foot of the Pine Nut Mountains
Average
5,170 ft 1,575 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Fish Springs spans about 500 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 | 5,180 ft1,580 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, at the foot of the Pine Nut Mountains | 5,430 ft1,655 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side | 4,930 ft1,505 m |
| Airport (MEV) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.0 mi northwest of the CDP boundary | 4,724 ft1,440 m |
| Average of all land | 5,170 ft1,575 m |
| Nearest peak Mount Siegel, 6.5 mi southeast of the CDP boundary (NGS survey) | 9,456 ft2,882 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
3.0 mi west to east through the middle of Fish Springs.
Altitude Effects
What 5,180 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
202.4 °F94.7 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
83% of sea level
24.7 inHg (83.8 kPa): each breath holds 17% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
17.3% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+10% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Douglas County, Nevada, United States
- Population
- 684 2020 Census
- Land area
- 9.2 sq mi
- Density
- 74 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 38.9378° N, 119.6467° W
- Time zone
- Pacific UTC−8 / −7
- Landform region
- Basin and Range
- Drains to
- Carson River → Closed basin (does not reach the sea)
- Airport
- Minden-tahoe (MEV) 4,724 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 89410
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Double Spring6,060 ft
- Mesa Vista, CA5,640 ft
- Carter Springs5,480 ft
- Fish Springs5,180 ft
- Ruhenstroth4,970 ft
- East Valley4,930 ft
- Gardnerville Ranchos4,860 ft
- Gardnerville4,760 ft
- Johnson Lane4,720 ft
- Minden4,710 ft
- Genoa4,710 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Nevada46th highest of 138
- Towns in Douglas County12th highest of 21
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Mount Siegel9,456 ft
- Genoa Peak9,130 ft
- Mount Como9,019 ft
- Lyon Peak8,774 ft
- Mineral Peak8,290 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 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.
- Fish Springs 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.