Lumberton, NM Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lumberton, New Mexico, shaded from 6,820 ft on the west side to 7,050 ft on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
7,050 ft 2,150 m6,990 ft 2,130 m6,960 ft 2,120 m6,900 ft 2,105 m6,850 ft 2,085 m6,820 ft 2,080 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

Lumberton sits at about 6,860 ft (2,090 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
6,860 ft 2,090 m
most residents: 6,850–6,950 ft
Lowest
6,820 ft 2,080 m
on the west side
Highest
7,050 ft 2,150 m
on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
6,880 ft 2,100 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Lumberton spans about 230 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.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
6,860 ft2,090 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
7,050 ft2,150 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side
6,820 ft2,080 m
Town center
USGS map point for Lumberton
6,850 ft2,090 m
Airport (24N)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 7.4 mi southeast of the CDP boundary
7,618 ft2,322 m
Average of all land6,880 ft2,100 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.9 mi west to east through the town center.

Altitude Effects

What 6,860 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at
199.2 °F92.9 °C

vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.

Air pressure
78% of sea level

23.2 inHg (78.6 kPa): each breath holds 22% less air.

Oxygen equivalent
16.3% 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

Topographic elevation map of Lumberton, New Mexico, shaded from 6,820 ft on the west side to 7,050 ft on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States
Population
70 2020 Census
Land area
0.5 sq mi
Density
146 per sq mi
Coordinates
36.9300° N, 106.9370° W
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region
Colorado Plateaus
Drains to
San Juan River → Colorado River → Gulf of California
Airport
Jicarilla Apache Nation (24N) 7,618 ft
ZIP codes 1
87528
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

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.
  • Lumberton 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.