Carlsbad, NM Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
3,510 ft 1,070 m3,410 ft 1,040 m3,350 ft 1,020 m3,240 ft 990 m3,140 ft 955 m3,080 ft 940 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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.
- City area
- Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Carlsbad sits at about 3,130 ft (955 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
3,130 ft 955 m
most residents: 3,110–3,180 ft
Lowest
3,080 ft 940 m
near the middle
Highest
3,510 ft 1,070 m
on the northwest side
Average
3,190 ft 970 m
all land inside city limits
Carlsbad spans about 430 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 | 3,130 ft955 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the northwest side | 3,510 ft1,070 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, near the middle | 3,080 ft940 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Carlsbad | 3,110 ft945 m |
| Airport (CNM) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways | 3,295 ft1,004 m |
| Average of all land | 3,190 ft970 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
3.9 mi west to east through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 3,130 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
206.2 °F96.8 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
89% of sea level
26.7 inHg (90.4 kPa): each breath holds 11% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
18.7% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+6% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Eddy County, New Mexico, United States
- Population
- 31,999 2024 est.
- Land area
- 32.5 sq mi + 0.3 sq mi water
- Density
- 986 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 32.4207° N, 104.2288° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Great Plains
- Drains to
- Pecos River → Rio Grande → Gulf of America
- Airport
- Cavern City Air Trml (CNM) 3,295 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 88220
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Whites City3,650 ft
- Loco Hills3,640 ft
- Artesia3,400 ft
- Atoka3,390 ft
- Morningside3,370 ft
- Happy Valley3,200 ft
- Carlsbad3,130 ft
- La Huerta3,120 ft
- Livingston Wheeler3,100 ft
- Loving3,050 ft
- Malaga3,000 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in New Mexico523rd highest of 528
- Towns in Eddy County8th highest of 12
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Carnero Peak4,070 ft
- McGruder Hill3,800 ft
- Round Mountain, Eddy County3,670 ft
- Indian Hill, Eddy County3,420 ft
- Sand Point3,400 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, 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 city limits (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.
- Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.