Cubero, NM Elevation & Topographic Map

Elevation
6,460 ft 1,970 m6,360 ft 1,940 m6,300 ft 1,920 m6,200 ft 1,890 m6,090 ft 1,855 m6,040 ft 1,840 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
Cubero sits at about 6,220 ft (1,895 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
6,220 ft 1,895 m
most residents: 6,160–6,290 ft
Lowest
6,040 ft 1,840 m
on the south side
Highest
6,460 ft 1,970 m
at the foot of the San Mateo Mountains
Average
6,250 ft 1,905 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Cubero spans about 420 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 | 6,220 ft1,895 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, at the foot of the San Mateo Mountains | 6,460 ft1,970 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the south side | 6,040 ft1,840 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Cubero | 6,210 ft1,895 m |
| Average of all land | 6,250 ft1,905 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
3.6 mi west to east through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 6,220 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
200.4 °F93.6 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
79% of sea level
23.8 inHg (80.5 kPa): each breath holds 21% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
16.7% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+12% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Cibola County, New Mexico, United States
- Population
- 281 2020 Census
- Land area
- 9.6 sq mi
- Density
- 29 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 35.0859° N, 107.5181° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Colorado Plateaus
- Drains to
- Rio San Jose → Rio Puerco → Rio Grande → Gulf of America
- ZIP codes 1
- 87014
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Encinal6,380 ft
- Cubero6,220 ft
- Skyline-Ganipa6,210 ft
- San Fidel6,190 ft
- Paguate6,160 ft
- North Acomita Village6,160 ft
- Acomita Lake6,140 ft
- South Acomita Village6,130 ft
- Seama6,010 ft
- Paraje5,930 ft
- Laguna5,870 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in New Mexico216th highest of 528
- Towns in Cibola County21st highest of 33
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Mount Taylor11,290 ft
- Cebollita Peak8,766 ft
- Mount Powell8,752 ft
- Mesa Gallina7,840 ft
- Mesa Prieta7,529 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.
- Cubero 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.