Columbus, NM Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
4,230 ft 1,290 m4,170 ft 1,270 m4,140 ft 1,260 m4,080 ft 1,245 m4,020 ft 1,225 m4,000 ft 1,220 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.
- Village area
- Fades everything outside the official village limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Columbus sits at about 4,080 ft (1,245 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
4,080 ft 1,245 m
most residents: 4,040–4,130 ft
Lowest
4,000 ft 1,220 m
on the south side
Highest
4,230 ft 1,290 m
on the northwest side
Average
4,080 ft 1,245 m
all land inside village limits
Columbus spans about 230 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 | 4,080 ft1,245 m |
| Highest point Inside village limits, on the northwest side | 4,230 ft1,290 m |
| Lowest point Inside village limits, on the south side | 4,000 ft1,220 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Columbus | 4,060 ft1,235 m |
| Average of all land | 4,080 ft1,245 m |
| Nearest peak Middle Peak, 4.6 mi northwest of the village limits | 5,760 ft1,755 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
4.6 mi south to north through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 4,080 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
204.4 °F95.8 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
86% of sea level
25.8 inHg (87.3 kPa): each breath holds 14% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
18.0% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+8% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Village in Luna County, New Mexico, United States
- Population
- 1,495 2024 est.
- Land area
- 4.7 sq mi
- Density
- 320 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 31.8276° N, 107.6400° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Basin and Range
- Drains to
- Closed basin (does not reach the sea)
- ZIP codes 1
- 88029
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Hachita4,520 ft
- Keeler Farm4,390 ft
- Deming4,330 ft
- Pulpotio Bareas4,320 ft
- Mountain View4,300 ft
- La Hacienda4,270 ft
- Pecan Park4,270 ft
- Ventura4,260 ft
- Sunshine4,260 ft
- City of the Sun4,140 ft
- Columbus4,080 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in New Mexico471st highest of 528
- Towns in Luna Countylowest of 11
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Big Hatchet Peak8,350 ft
- Florida Peak7,420 ft
- Flying W Mountain6,210 ft
- Mount Riley5,907 ft
- Middle Peak5,760 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the village 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 village 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.