Dulce, NM Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
7,870 ft 2,395 m7,550 ft 2,300 m7,390 ft 2,250 m7,070 ft 2,155 m6,750 ft 2,060 m6,600 ft 2,010 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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
Dulce sits at about 6,870 ft (2,095 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
6,870 ft 2,095 m
most residents: 6,790–7,260 ft
Lowest
6,600 ft 2,010 m
on the northwest side
Highest
7,860 ft 2,395 m
on the northwest side
Average
7,050 ft 2,150 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Dulce spans about 1,260 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 | 6,870 ft2,095 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side | 7,860 ft2,395 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side | 6,600 ft2,010 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Dulce | 6,780 ft2,065 m |
| Average of all land | 7,050 ft2,150 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
4.0 mi south to north through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 6,870 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
199.2 °F92.9 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
78% of sea level
23.2 inHg (78.6 kPa): each breath holds 22% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
16.2% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+14% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States
- Population
- 2,788 2020 Census
- Land area
- 12.8 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
- Density
- 217 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 36.9336° N, 106.9989° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Colorado Plateaus
- Drains to
- San Juan River → Colorado River → Gulf of California
- ZIP codes 1
- 87528
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Chama7,870 ft
- Ensenada7,560 ft
- Tierra Amarilla7,500 ft
- Brazos7,400 ft
- Los Ojos7,340 ft
- Pagosa Springs, CO7,150 ft
- Dulce6,870 ft
- Lumberton6,860 ft
- Middle Mesa6,520 ft
- La Boca6,300 ft
- Arboles, CO6,240 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in New Mexico111th highest of 528
- Towns in Rio Arriba County13th highest of 39
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Grouse Mesa11,410 ft
- Canjilon Mountain10,920 ft
- Chromo Mountain9,890 ft
- Gallina Peak8,981 ft
- Pounds Mesa8,350 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.
- Dulce 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.