Crystal, NM Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
7,840 ft 2,390 m7,710 ft 2,350 m7,640 ft 2,325 m7,500 ft 2,285 m7,360 ft 2,245 m7,290 ft 2,220 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.
- Area
- Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Crystal sits at about 7,380 ft (2,250 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
7,380 ft 2,250 m
most residents: 7,320–7,630 ft
Lowest
7,290 ft 2,220 m
on the southwest side
Highest
7,840 ft 2,390 m
on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
7,420 ft 2,265 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Crystal spans about 550 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 | 7,380 ft2,250 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside | 7,840 ft2,390 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side | 7,290 ft2,220 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Crystal | 7,520 ft2,290 m |
| Average of all land | 7,420 ft2,265 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
0.8 mi west to east through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 7,380 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
198.3 °F92.4 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
76% of sea level
22.8 inHg (77.1 kPa): each breath holds 24% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
15.9% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+15% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in San Juan and McKinley counties, New Mexico, United States
- Population
- 302 2020 Census
- Land area
- 4.5 sq mi
- Density
- 66 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 36.0458° N, 108.9662° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Colorado Plateaus
- Drains to
- Chinle Wash → Chinle Creek → San Juan River → Colorado River → Gulf of California
- ZIP codes 1
- 87328
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in New Mexico43rd highest of 528
- Towns in San Juan Countyhighest of 37
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Mount Powell8,752 ft
- Hosta Butte8,624 ft
- Split Mesa7,890 ft
- Green Knobs7,880 ft
- Beelzebub7,790 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (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.
- Crystal is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
- Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.