Lake Arthur, NM Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
3,410 ft 1,040 m3,390 ft 1,035 m3,390 ft 1,030 m3,380 ft 1,030 m3,360 ft 1,025 m3,360 ft 1,025 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.
- Town area
- Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Lake Arthur sits at about 3,380 ft (1,030 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
3,380 ft 1,030 m
most residents: 3,370–3,400 ft
Lowest
3,360 ft 1,025 m
on the southeast side
Highest
3,410 ft 1,040 m
on the north side
Average
3,380 ft 1,030 m
all land inside town limits
Lake Arthur spans about 50 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 | 3,380 ft1,030 m |
| Highest point Inside town limits, on the north side | 3,410 ft1,040 m |
| Lowest point Inside town limits, on the southeast side | 3,360 ft1,025 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Lake Arthur | 3,380 ft1,030 m |
| Average of all land | 3,380 ft1,030 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
0.8 mi south to north through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 3,380 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
205.7 °F96.5 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
88% of sea level
26.4 inHg (89.5 kPa): each breath holds 12% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
18.5% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+7% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Town in Chaves County, New Mexico, United States
- Population
- 375 2024 est.
- Land area
- 0.5 sq mi
- Density
- 705 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 32.9982° N, 104.3666° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Great Plains
- Drains to
- Pecos River → Rio Grande → Gulf of America
- ZIP codes 1
- 88253
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Hope4,080 ft
- Loco Hills3,640 ft
- Roswell3,610 ft
- Midway3,570 ft
- Dexter3,460 ft
- Hagerman3,420 ft
- Artesia3,400 ft
- Atoka3,390 ft
- Lake Arthur3,380 ft
- Morningside3,370 ft
- La Huerta3,120 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in New Mexico520th highest of 528
- Towns in Chaves Countylowest of 5
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Pavo Mesa3,770 ft
- Diamond Mound3,767 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town limits, 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 town limits (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.
- Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.