Bluewater, NM Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bluewater, New Mexico, shaded from 7,380 ft on the northeast side to 7,800 ft at the foot of the Zuñi Mountains
Elevation
7,800 ft 2,380 m7,700 ft 2,345 m7,650 ft 2,330 m7,540 ft 2,300 m7,440 ft 2,265 m7,380 ft 2,250 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

Bluewater sits at about 7,460 ft (2,275 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
7,460 ft 2,275 m
most residents: 7,410–7,550 ft
Lowest
7,380 ft 2,250 m
on the northeast side
Highest
7,800 ft 2,380 m
at the foot of the Zuñi Mountains
Average
7,510 ft 2,290 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Bluewater spans about 420 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
7,460 ft2,275 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, at the foot of the Zuñi Mountains
7,800 ft2,380 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast side
7,380 ft2,250 m
Town center
USGS map point for Bluewater
7,460 ft2,275 m
Average of all land7,510 ft2,290 m

Elevation profile, west to east

4.9 mi west to east through the town center.

Altitude Effects

What 7,460 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at
198.1 °F92.3 °C

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

Air pressure
76% of sea level

22.7 inHg (76.8 kPa): each breath holds 24% less air.

Oxygen equivalent
15.9% at sea level

Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.

Sunburn
+15% more UV

EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bluewater, New Mexico, shaded from 7,380 ft on the northeast side to 7,800 ft at the foot of the Zuñi Mountains
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in McKinley and Cibola counties, New Mexico, United States
Population
200 2020 Census
Land area
12.3 sq mi
Density
16 per sq mi
Coordinates
35.3147° N, 108.1764° W
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region
Colorado Plateaus
Drains to
Rio San Jose → Rio Puerco → Rio Grande → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
87323
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Las Tusas7,510 ft
  2. Bluewater7,460 ft
  3. Homer C Jones7,450 ft
  4. Stoneridge7,400 ft
  5. Continental Divide7,260 ft
  6. Thoreau7,170 ft
  7. Haystack7,070 ft
  8. Prewitt6,940 ft
  9. Red Rock Ranch6,930 ft
  10. Bluewater Village6,630 ft
  11. Golden Acres6,550 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Taylor11,290 ft
  • Cebollita Peak8,766 ft
  • Mount Powell8,752 ft
  • Salitre Mesa8,630 ft
  • Hosta Butte8,624 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.
  • Bluewater 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.