Eddy County, NM Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Eddy County, New Mexico, shaded from 2,820 ft on the southeast side to 7,450 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
7,460 ft 2,270 m6,300 ft 1,920 m5,720 ft 1,745 m4,560 ft 1,390 m3,400 ft 1,035 m2,820 ft 860 m
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USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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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
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County area
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Elevation Data

Eddy County averages about 3,750 ft (1,145 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 2,820 ft on the southeast side to 7,450 ft on the southwest side.

Average elevation
3,750 ft 1,145 m
all land inside the county
Highest
7,450 ft 2,270 m
on the southwest side
Lowest
2,820 ft 860 m
on the southeast side

Eddy County spans about 4,630 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land3,750 ft1,145 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
7,450 ft2,270 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
2,820 ft860 m

Elevation profile, west to east

66 mi west to east through Carlsbad.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Eddy County, New Mexico, shaded from 2,820 ft on the southeast side to 7,450 ft on the southwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 500 ft (152 m).
Location
County in New Mexico, United States
Population
61,436 2024 est.
Land area
4,176.3 sq mi + 21.8 sq mi water
Density
15 per sq mi
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region
Great Plains
Drains to
Gulf of America 71%, Closed basin (does not reach the sea) 21%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Otero County5,270 ft
  2. Chaves County4,250 ft
  3. Culberson County, TX4,130 ft
  4. Lea County3,790 ft
  5. Eddy County3,750 ft
  6. Reeves County, TX2,980 ft
  7. Loving County, TX2,940 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Deer Hill, Eddy County7,050 ft
  • Wild Cow Mesa6,730 ft
  • Pickett Hill6,444 ft
  • Dinner Hill6,310 ft
  • Ares Peak5,791 ft
All 12 towns in Eddy County by typical elevation
  1. Hope4,080 ft
  2. Whites City3,650 ft
  3. Loco Hills3,640 ft
  4. Artesia3,400 ft
  5. Atoka3,390 ft
  6. Morningside3,370 ft
  7. Happy Valley3,200 ft
  8. Carlsbad3,130 ft
  9. La Huerta3,120 ft
  10. Livingston Wheeler3,100 ft
  11. Loving3,050 ft
  12. Malaga3,000 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 2 arc-second (≈200 ft, 62 m) grid, coarsened from 1 arc-second so the whole area fits one run. Land means the boundary minus Census area water (on this grid, water areas of at least half a cell).
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 highest grid cells. Lowest: the lowest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 lowest grid cells; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.