La Joya, NM Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
4,840 ft 1,475 m4,810 ft 1,465 m4,790 ft 1,460 m4,760 ft 1,450 m4,720 ft 1,440 m4,700 ft 1,435 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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
La Joya sits at about 4,720 ft (1,440 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
4,720 ft 1,440 m
most residents: 4,710–4,740 ft
Lowest
4,700 ft 1,435 m
on the southwest side
Highest
4,840 ft 1,475 m
on the northeast side
Average
4,730 ft 1,440 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
La Joya spans about 140 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 | 4,720 ft1,440 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast side | 4,840 ft1,475 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side | 4,700 ft1,435 m |
| Town center USGS map point for La Joya | 4,730 ft1,440 m |
| Average of all land | 4,730 ft1,440 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
0.8 mi west to east through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 4,720 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
203.2 °F95.1 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
84% of sea level
25.2 inHg (85.2 kPa): each breath holds 16% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
17.6% 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
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Socorro County, New Mexico, United States
- Population
- 80 2020 Census
- Land area
- 0.9 sq mi
- Density
- 85 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 34.3462° N, 106.8456° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Basin and Range
- Drains to
- Rio Grande → Gulf of America
- ZIP codes 1
- 87028
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Casa Colorada4,860 ft
- Veguita4,780 ft
- Las Nutrias4,770 ft
- Abeytas4,750 ft
- La Joya4,720 ft
- Alamillo4,670 ft
- San Acacia4,660 ft
- Chamizal4,660 ft
- Polvadera4,660 ft
- Lemitar4,660 ft
- Escondida4,630 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in New Mexico406th highest of 528
- Towns in Socorro County6th highest of 16
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- South Baldy10,789 ft
- Ladron Peak9,186 ft
- Mesa Gallina7,840 ft
- Polvadera Mountain7,295 ft
- Socorro Peak7,270 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.
- La Joya 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.