Chaves County, NM Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
7,080 ft 2,160 m6,140 ft 1,875 m5,670 ft 1,730 m4,740 ft 1,445 m3,800 ft 1,155 m3,330 ft 1,015 m
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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.
- County area
- Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Chaves County averages about 4,250 ft (1,295 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 3,330 ft on the south side to 7,080 ft on One Tree Peak.
Average elevation
4,250 ft 1,295 m
all land inside the county
Highest
7,080 ft 2,160 m
on One Tree Peak
Lowest
3,330 ft 1,015 m
on the south side
Chaves County spans about 3,750 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Average of all land | 4,250 ft1,295 m |
| Highest point Inside the county, on One Tree Peak (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height) | 7,080 ft2,160 m |
| Lowest point Inside the county, on the south side | 3,330 ft1,015 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
65 mi west to east through Roswell.
Topographic Map
- Location
- County in New Mexico, United States
- Population
- 63,697 2024 est.
- Land area
- 6,067.2 sq mi + 7.9 sq mi water
- Density
- 10 per sq mi
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform regions
- Great Plains 86%, Basin and Range 14%
- Drains to
- Gulf of America 88%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average
- Lincoln County5,860 ft
- Otero County5,270 ft
- De Baca County4,440 ft
- Roosevelt County4,250 ft
- Chaves County4,250 ft
- Lea County3,790 ft
- Eddy County3,750 ft
Rankings by average elevation
- Counties in New Mexico31st highest of 33
Peaks and hills highest inside
- One Tree Peak7,080 ft
- Chimney Peak7,060 ft
- Wind Mountain, Chaves County6,770 ft
- Lewis Peak6,188 ft
- Meadow Hill5,623 ft
All 5 towns in Chaves County by typical elevation
- Roswell3,610 ft
- Midway3,570 ft
- Dexter3,460 ft
- Hagerman3,420 ft
- Lake Arthur3,380 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 3 arc-second (≈300 ft, 93 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.