Hidalgo County, NM Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
8,540 ft 2,605 m7,330 ft 2,235 m6,720 ft 2,050 m5,510 ft 1,680 m4,300 ft 1,310 m3,690 ft 1,125 m
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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.
- County area
- Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Hidalgo County averages about 4,720 ft (1,440 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 3,690 ft on the northwest side to 8,540 ft on Animas Peak.
Average elevation
4,720 ft 1,440 m
all land inside the county
Highest
8,540 ft 2,605 m
on Animas Peak
Lowest
3,690 ft 1,125 m
on the northwest side
Hidalgo County spans about 4,850 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Average of all land | 4,720 ft1,440 m |
| Highest point Inside the county, on Animas Peak (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height) | 8,540 ft2,605 m |
| Lowest point Inside the county, on the northwest side | 3,690 ft1,125 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
88 mi south to north through Lordsburg.
Topographic Map
- Location
- County in New Mexico, United States
- Population
- 3,966 2024 est.
- Land area
- 3,438.6 sq mi + 9.1 sq mi water
- Density
- 1.2 per sq mi
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Basin and Range 99%
- Drains to
- Closed basin (does not reach the sea) 50%, Lake Tank basin (does not reach the sea) 38%, Gulf of California 13%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average
- Grant County5,790 ft
- Greenlee County, AZ5,670 ft
- Hidalgo County4,720 ft
- Cochise County, AZ4,630 ft
- Luna County4,510 ft
Rankings by average elevation
- Counties in New Mexico24th highest of 33
Peaks and hills highest inside
- Animas Peak8,540 ft
- Big Hatchet Peak8,350 ft
- Gillespie Mountain7,300 ft
- Grey Mountain6,931 ft
- Hachita Peak6,637 ft
All 8 towns in Hidalgo County by typical elevation
- Playas4,480 ft
- Animas4,400 ft
- Windmill4,360 ft
- Lordsburg4,270 ft
- Cotton City4,240 ft
- Glen Acres4,190 ft
- Rodeo4,130 ft
- Virden3,760 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; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. 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.