Nelson, NV Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
3,990 ft 1,215 m3,550 ft 1,080 m3,330 ft 1,015 m2,880 ft 880 m2,440 ft 745 m2,210 ft 675 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
Nelson sits at about 3,360 ft (1,025 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).
Typical elevation (all land)
3,360 ft 1,025 m
few residents
Lowest
2,210 ft 675 m
on the east side
Highest
3,990 ft 1,215 m
at the foot of the Eldorado Mountains
Average
3,230 ft 985 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Nelson spans about 1,780 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 (all land) Median of all land; too few residents to weight by | 3,360 ft1,025 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, at the foot of the Eldorado Mountains | 3,990 ft1,215 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side | 2,210 ft675 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Nelson | 2,970 ft905 m |
| Average of all land | 3,230 ft985 m |
| Nearest peak Ireteba Peaks, 6.4 mi south of the CDP boundary | 5,050 ft1,540 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
2.6 mi west to east through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 3,360 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
205.8 °F96.5 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
88% of sea level
26.5 inHg (89.6 kPa): each breath holds 12% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
18.5% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+7% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Clark County, Nevada, United States
- Population
- 22 2020 Census
- Land area
- 4.8 sq mi
- Density
- 4.6 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 35.7080° N, 114.8247° W
- Time zone
- Pacific UTC−8 / −7
- Landform region
- Basin and Range
- Drains to
- Colorado River → Gulf of California
- ZIP codes 1
- 89046
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Searchlight3,550 ft
- Dolan Springs, AZ3,450 ft
- White Hills, AZ3,400 ft
- Nelson3,360 ft
- Cal-Nev-Ari2,560 ft
- Enterprise2,440 ft
- Boulder City2,410 ft
- Henderson2,070 ft
- Paradise2,020 ft
- Winchester1,960 ft
- Whitney1,660 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Nevada115th highest of 138
- Towns in Clark County5th highest of 25
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- McCullough Mountain7,010 ft
- Mount Perkins5,450 ft
- Ireteba Peaks5,050 ft
- Black Hill4,110 ft
- Black Mountain, Clark County3,792 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.
- Nelson 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.