Black Hat, NM Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Black Hat, New Mexico, shaded from 6,890 ft on the southwest side to 7,230 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
7,230 ft 2,205 m7,140 ft 2,175 m7,100 ft 2,165 m7,010 ft 2,140 m6,930 ft 2,110 m6,890 ft 2,100 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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

Black Hat sits at about 7,020 ft (2,140 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
7,020 ft 2,140 m
few residents
Lowest
6,890 ft 2,100 m
on the southwest side
Highest
7,230 ft 2,205 m
on the northeast side
Average
7,030 ft 2,140 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Black Hat spans about 340 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 (all land)
Median of all land; too few residents to weight by
7,020 ft2,140 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast side
7,230 ft2,205 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side
6,890 ft2,100 m
Airport (GUP)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 12 mi southeast of the CDP boundary
6,473 ft1,973 m
Average of all land7,030 ft2,140 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.0 mi south to north through the middle of Black Hat.

Altitude Effects

What 7,020 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at
198.9 °F92.7 °C

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

Air pressure
77% of sea level

23.1 inHg (78.1 kPa): each breath holds 23% 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

Topographic elevation map of Black Hat, New Mexico, shaded from 6,890 ft on the southwest side to 7,230 ft on the northeast side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States
Population
12 2020 Census
Land area
1.0 sq mi
Density
12 per sq mi
Coordinates
35.6340° N, 108.9613° W
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region
Colorado Plateaus
Drains to
Puerco River → Little Colorado River → Colorado River → Gulf of California
Airport
Gallup Municipal (GUP) 6,473 ft
ZIP codes 1
86515
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Black Hat7,020 ft
  2. Tse Bonito6,870 ft
  3. Fort Defiance, AZ6,830 ft
  4. St. Michaels, AZ6,800 ft
  5. Window Rock, AZ6,800 ft
  6. Gamerco6,740 ft
  7. Yah-ta-hey6,640 ft
  8. Rock Springs6,620 ft
  9. Purty Rock6,420 ft
  10. Williams Acres6,390 ft
  11. Twin Lakes6,340 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Powell8,752 ft
  • Hosta Butte8,624 ft
  • Torrivio Mesa, McKinley County7,040 ft
  • Corn Burned Hill6,860 ft
  • Twin Buttes, McKinley County6,820 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.
  • Black Hat 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.