Deming, NM Elevation & Topographic Map

Elevation

4,430 ft 1,350 m4,390 ft 1,340 m4,370 ft 1,330 m4,330 ft 1,320 m4,290 ft 1,305 m4,270 ft 1,300 m

Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft

USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau

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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.
City area: Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Deming sits at about 4,330 ft (1,320 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation

4,330 ft 1,320 m

most residents: 4,310–4,350 ft

Lowest

4,270 ft 1,300 m

on the southeast side

Highest

4,430 ft 1,350 m

on the northwest side

Average

4,330 ft 1,320 m

all land inside city limits

Deming spans about 160 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	4,330 ft1,320 m
Highest point Inside city limits, on the northwest side	4,430 ft1,350 m
Lowest point Inside city limits, on the southeast side	4,270 ft1,300 m
Town center USGS map point for Deming	4,340 ft1,325 m
Airport (DMN) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways	4,314 ft1,315 m
Average of all land	4,330 ft1,320 m
Nearest peak Florida Peak, 8.7 mi southeast of the city limits	7,420 ft2,260 m

Elevation profile, west to east

5.5 mi west to east through the town center.

Altitude Effects

What 4,330 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at

204.0 °F95.5 °C

vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.

Air pressure

85% of sea level

25.5 inHg (86.4 kPa): each breath holds 15% less air.

Oxygen equivalent

17.9% at sea level

Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.

Sunburn

+9% more UV

EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.

Topographic Map

Location: City in Luna County, New Mexico, United States
Population: 15,272 2024 est.
Land area: 16.7 sq mi
Density: 914 per sq mi
Coordinates: 32.2687° N, 107.7586° W
Time zone: Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region: Basin and Range
Drains to: Closed basin (does not reach the sea)
Airport: Deming Municipal (DMN) 4,314 ft
ZIP codes 1: 88030

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

Faywood5,190 ft
Old Town4,880 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

Rankings by typical elevation

Towns in New Mexico440th highest of 528
Towns in Luna County3rd highest of 11

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

Cookes Peak8,411 ft
Whitehorse Mountain7,561 ft
Florida Peak7,420 ft
Flying W Mountain6,210 ft
Middle Peak5,760 ft

How we measure

Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city 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 city limits (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²) (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts) and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 4,250 ft at 32.2396° N, 107.7068° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.