Ruth, NV Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
6,940 ft 2,115 m6,910 ft 2,105 m6,890 ft 2,100 m6,860 ft 2,090 m6,830 ft 2,080 m6,810 ft 2,075 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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
Ruth sits at about 6,870 ft (2,095 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
6,870 ft 2,095 m
most residents: 6,840–6,910 ft
Lowest
6,810 ft 2,075 m
on the east side
Highest
6,940 ft 2,115 m
at the foot of the Egan Range
Average
6,870 ft 2,095 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Ruth spans about 130 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 | 6,870 ft2,095 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, at the foot of the Egan Range | 6,940 ft2,115 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side | 6,810 ft2,075 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Ruth | 6,850 ft2,090 m |
| Airport (ELY) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 7.5 mi east of the CDP boundary | 6,260 ft1,908 m |
| Average of all land | 6,870 ft2,095 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
0.9 mi west to east through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 6,870 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
199.2 °F92.9 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
78% of sea level
23.2 inHg (78.6 kPa): each breath holds 22% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
16.2% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+14% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in White Pine County, Nevada, United States
- Population
- 371 2020 Census
- Land area
- 0.3 sq mi
- Density
- 1,072 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 39.2783° N, 114.9892° W
- Time zone
- Pacific UTC−8 / −7
- Landform region
- Basin and Range
- Drains to
- Duck Creek → Goshute Lake basin (does not reach the sea)
- Airport
- Ely/Yelland Field (ELY) 6,260 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 89319
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Ruth6,870 ft
- Mount Wilson6,580 ft
- Eureka6,540 ft
- Ely6,450 ft
- McGill6,240 ft
- Pioche5,900 ft
- Preston5,630 ft
- Ursine5,590 ft
- Lund5,570 ft
- Baker5,310 ft
- Dry Valley5,190 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Nevada4th highest of 138
- Towns in White Pine Countyhighest of 6
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- North Schell Peak11,895 ft
- Ward Mountain10,920 ft
- Mount Hamilton10,753 ft
- Telegraph Peak, White Pine County9,920 ft
- Heusser Mountain9,415 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).
- 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, 6,810 ft at 39.2790° N, 114.9810° 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.
- Ruth 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.