Catron County, NM Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Catron County, New Mexico, shaded from 4,210 ft on the southwest side to 10,890 ft on Whitewater Baldy
Elevation
10,890 ft 3,320 m9,220 ft 2,810 m8,380 ft 2,555 m6,710 ft 2,045 m5,040 ft 1,535 m4,210 ft 1,280 m
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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
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County area
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Elevation Data

Catron County averages about 7,380 ft (2,250 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 4,210 ft on the southwest side to 10,890 ft on Whitewater Baldy.

Average elevation
7,380 ft 2,250 m
all land inside the county
Highest
10,890 ft 3,320 m
on Whitewater Baldy
Lowest
4,210 ft 1,280 m
on the southwest side

Catron County spans about 6,680 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land7,380 ft2,250 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Whitewater Baldy (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
10,890 ft3,320 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
4,210 ft1,280 m

Elevation profile, south to north

95 mi south to north through Reserve.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Catron County, New Mexico, shaded from 4,210 ft on the southwest side to 10,890 ft on Whitewater Baldy
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 500 ft (152 m).
Location
County in New Mexico, United States
Population
3,795 2024 est.
Land area
6,924.2 sq mi + 5.5 sq mi water
Density
0.5 per sq mi
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform regions
Colorado Plateaus 51%, Basin and Range 49%
Drains to
Gulf of California 71%, Closed basin (does not reach the sea) 17%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Catron County7,380 ft
  2. Cibola County7,090 ft
  3. Apache County, AZ6,550 ft
  4. Socorro County6,000 ft
  5. Grant County5,790 ft
  6. Greenlee County, AZ5,670 ft
  7. Sierra County5,480 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Willow Mountain10,790 ft
  • Sacaton Mountain10,640 ft
  • Alegres Mountain10,232 ft
  • Corner Mountain9,930 ft
  • Escondido Mountain9,857 ft
All 18 towns in Catron County by typical elevation
  1. Homestead7,700 ft
  2. Escudilla Bonita7,680 ft
  3. Pie Town7,550 ft
  4. Datil7,360 ft
  5. Luna7,060 ft
  6. Quemado6,880 ft
  7. Mogollon6,850 ft
  8. Aragon6,670 ft
  9. Apache Creek6,520 ft
  10. Cruzville6,410 ft
  11. Rancho Grande6,360 ft
  12. Reserve5,850 ft
  13. Rivers5,770 ft
  14. Middle Frisco5,720 ft
  15. Lower Frisco5,630 ft
  16. Alma4,960 ft
  17. Glenwood4,810 ft
  18. Pleasanton4,640 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 2 arc-second (≈200 ft, 62 m) grid, coarsened from 1 arc-second so the whole area fits one run. Land means the boundary minus Census area water (on this grid, water areas of at least half a cell).
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 highest grid cells; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. Lowest: the lowest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 lowest grid cells; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.