Carrizozo, NM Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
5,800 ft 1,765 m5,680 ft 1,730 m5,620 ft 1,715 m5,510 ft 1,680 m5,390 ft 1,645 m5,330 ft 1,625 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 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.
- Town area
- Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Carrizozo sits at about 5,420 ft (1,655 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
5,420 ft 1,655 m
most residents: 5,380–5,490 ft
Lowest
5,330 ft 1,625 m
on the northwest side
Highest
5,800 ft 1,765 m
on the east side
Average
5,550 ft 1,690 m
all land inside town limits
Carrizozo spans about 470 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 | 5,420 ft1,655 m |
| Highest point Inside town limits, on the east side | 5,800 ft1,765 m |
| Lowest point Inside town limits, on the northwest side | 5,330 ft1,625 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Carrizozo | 5,430 ft1,655 m |
| Airport (F37) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways | 5,373 ft1,638 m |
| Average of all land | 5,550 ft1,690 m |
| Nearest peak Carrizo Mountain, 4.6 mi east of the town limits | 9,620 ft2,930 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
5.6 mi west to east through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 5,420 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
201.9 °F94.4 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
82% of sea level
24.5 inHg (83.0 kPa): each breath holds 18% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
17.2% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+11% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Town in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States
- Population
- 968 2024 est.
- Land area
- 8.4 sq mi
- Density
- 116 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 33.6417° N, 105.8772° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Basin and Range
- Drains to
- Salt Creek → Big Salt Lake basin (does not reach the sea)
- Airport
- Carrizozo Municipal (F37) 5,373 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 88301
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Mescalero7,130 ft
- Ruidoso6,890 ft
- Nogal6,850 ft
- High Rolls6,770 ft
- Corona6,690 ft
- Capitan6,550 ft
- Ruidoso Downs6,440 ft
- Bent5,900 ft
- Carrizozo5,420 ft
- La Luz4,680 ft
- Tularosa4,520 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in New Mexico341st highest of 528
- Towns in Lincoln Countylowest of 6
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Carrizo Mountain9,620 ft
- West Mountain8,770 ft
- Tucson Mountain8,310 ft
- Lone Mountain8,140 ft
- Cub Mountain7,870 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town 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 town 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.