Fence Lake, NM Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
7,140 ft 2,175 m7,100 ft 2,165 m7,080 ft 2,160 m7,040 ft 2,145 m7,000 ft 2,135 m6,980 ft 2,130 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
Fence Lake sits at about 7,060 ft (2,150 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).
Typical elevation (all land)
7,060 ft 2,150 m
few residents
Lowest
6,980 ft 2,130 m
on the northeast side
Highest
7,140 ft 2,175 m
on the southwest side
Average
7,060 ft 2,150 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Fence Lake 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 (all land) Median of all land; too few residents to weight by | 7,060 ft2,150 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side | 7,140 ft2,175 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast side | 6,980 ft2,130 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Fence Lake | 7,080 ft2,155 m |
| Average of all land | 7,060 ft2,150 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
2.0 mi south to north through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 7,060 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
198.9 °F92.7 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
77% of sea level
23.0 inHg (78.0 kPa): each breath holds 23% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
16.1% 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 Cibola County, New Mexico, United States
- Population
- 17 2020 Census
- Land area
- 3.0 sq mi
- Density
- 6 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 34.6534° N, 108.6779° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Colorado Plateaus
- Drains to
- Zuni River → Little Colorado River → Colorado River → Gulf of California
- ZIP codes 1
- 87315
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Pie Town7,550 ft
- Pinehill7,470 ft
- Candy Kitchen7,370 ft
- El Morro Valley7,260 ft
- Mountain View, Cibola County7,130 ft
- Timberlake7,120 ft
- Fence Lake7,060 ft
- Ramah6,960 ft
- Quemado6,880 ft
- Black Rock6,440 ft
- Zuni Pueblo6,290 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in New Mexico80th highest of 528
- Towns in Cibola County9th highest of 33
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Alegres Mountain10,232 ft
- Escondido Mountain9,857 ft
- Mangas Mountain9,670 ft
- Fox Mountain9,380 ft
- Cebollita Peak8,766 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary; too few residents live here to weight by people.
- 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.
- Fence Lake 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.