Searchlight, NV Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Searchlight, Nevada, shaded from 3,180 ft on the south side to 3,930 ft on Doherty Mountain
Elevation
3,930 ft 1,200 m3,750 ft 1,140 m3,650 ft 1,115 m3,460 ft 1,055 m3,270 ft 1,000 m3,180 ft 970 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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Searchlight sits at about 3,550 ft (1,080 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
3,550 ft 1,080 m
most residents: 3,480–3,600 ft
Lowest
3,180 ft 970 m
on the south side
Highest
3,930 ft 1,200 m
on Doherty Mountain
Average
3,470 ft 1,055 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Searchlight spans about 750 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
3,550 ft1,080 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on Doherty Mountain
3,930 ft1,200 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the south side
3,180 ft970 m
Town center
USGS map point for Searchlight
3,540 ft1,080 m
Airport (1L3)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 0.1 mi south of the CDP boundary
3,413 ft1,040 m
Average of all land3,470 ft1,055 m

Elevation profile, south to north

3.3 mi south to north through the town center.

Altitude Effects

What 3,550 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at
205.4 °F96.3 °C

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

Air pressure
88% of sea level

26.3 inHg (89.0 kPa): each breath holds 12% less air.

Oxygen equivalent
18.4% 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

Topographic elevation map of Searchlight, Nevada, shaded from 3,180 ft on the south side to 3,930 ft on Doherty Mountain
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Clark County, Nevada, United States
Population
445 2020 Census
Land area
3.9 sq mi
Density
115 per sq mi
Coordinates
35.4653° N, 114.9197° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Basin and Range
Drains to
Piute Wash → Colorado River → Gulf of California
Airport
Searchlight (1L3) 3,413 ft
ZIP codes 1
89046
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Goodsprings3,720 ft
  2. Searchlight3,550 ft
  3. Dolan Springs, AZ3,450 ft
  4. White Hills, AZ3,400 ft
  5. Nelson3,360 ft
  6. Cal-Nev-Ari2,560 ft
  7. Boulder City2,410 ft
  8. Katherine, AZ890 ft
  9. Laughlin710 ft
  10. Fort Mohave, AZ590 ft
  11. Bullhead City, AZ560 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • McCullough Mountain7,010 ft
  • Spirit Mountain5,642 ft
  • Mount Perkins5,450 ft
  • Ireteba Peaks5,050 ft
  • Black Hill4,110 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.
  • Searchlight 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.