Caballo, NM Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
4,400 ft 1,340 m4,350 ft 1,325 m4,330 ft 1,320 m4,290 ft 1,305 m4,240 ft 1,295 m4,220 ft 1,285 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
Caballo sits at about 4,260 ft (1,300 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).
Typical elevation (all land)
4,260 ft 1,300 m
few residents
Lowest
4,220 ft 1,285 m
on the northeast side
Highest
4,400 ft 1,340 m
on the north side
Average
4,270 ft 1,300 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Caballo spans about 180 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 | 4,260 ft1,300 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the north side | 4,400 ft1,340 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast side | 4,220 ft1,285 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Caballo | 4,250 ft1,295 m |
| Average of all land | 4,270 ft1,300 m |
| Nearest peak Timber Mountain, 4.3 mi east of the CDP boundary | 7,580 ft2,310 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
1.2 mi south to north through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 4,260 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
204.1 °F95.6 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
86% of sea level
25.6 inHg (86.7 kPa): each breath holds 14% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
17.9% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+9% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Sierra County, New Mexico, United States
- Population
- 77 2020 Census
- Land area
- 1.0 sq mi
- Density
- 78 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 32.9756° N, 107.3078° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Basin and Range
- Drains to
- Rio Grande → Gulf of America
- ZIP codes 1
- 87931
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Hillsboro5,300 ft
- Elephant Butte4,530 ft
- Hot Springs Landing4,510 ft
- Truth or Consequences4,310 ft
- Las Palomas4,270 ft
- Caballo4,260 ft
- Oasis4,250 ft
- Williamsburg4,240 ft
- Arrey4,180 ft
- Salem4,110 ft
- Garfield4,100 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in New Mexico453rd highest of 528
- Towns in Sierra County8th highest of 11
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- McKnight Mountain10,160 ft
- Hillsboro10,015 ft
- Sawyers Peak9,660 ft
- Timber Mountain7,580 ft
- Sugarloaf Peak6,600 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.
- Caballo 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.